2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$38,500
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,180 people earned their degree in medical/health management and clinical assistant/specialist, making the major the 657th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 9 medical/health management and clinical assistant/specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great medical/health management and clinical assistant/specialist programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the medical/health management and clinical assistant/specialist program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist”.
Top 1 Best Medical/Health Management & Clinical Assistant/Specialist Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist that were part of this year’s ranking, Elms College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Chicopee, Massachusetts, and it awarded 9 ’s medical/health management and clinical assistant/specialist degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our new england region vets studying medical/health management and clinical assistant/specialist list, Elms College has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 1,355 students enrolled at Elms College, 42 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 21 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,819. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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