2023 Best Pre-Physician Assistant Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Pre-Physician Assistant for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 76 people earned their degree in pre-physician assistant, making the major the 1060th most popular in the United States.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 pre-physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great pre-physician assistant programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the pre-physician assistant program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly for Pre-Physician Assistant for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Pre-Physician Assistant for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Pre-Physician Assistant for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Pre-Physician Assistant Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne County Community College District. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Pre-Physician Assistant for an Associate. This fairly large school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 2 associates’s pre-physician assistant degrees in 2020-2021.
WCCCD also made our “Best Pre-Physician Assistant Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 133 of the 10,748 students enrolled at Wayne County Community College District were GI Bill® students, of which 27 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,261. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Wayne County Community College District offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at WCCCD]](/colleges/wayne-county-community-college-district/student-life/veterans/)
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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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