2023 Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Virginia
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 in Virginia for Health Studies for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 29,840 people earned their degree in general health services/allied health/health sciences, making the major the 33rd most popular in the United States.
Across Virginia, there were 245 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 119 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,630 and $19,964 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Health Studies for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general health services/allied health/health sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general health services/allied health/health sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general health services/allied health/health sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Health Studies for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Health Studies for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Health Studies for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Virginia
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Health Studies for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Thomas Nelson Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Hampton, Virginia, this medium-sized public school awarded 30 degrees to qualified associates’s health studies students in 2020-2021.
TNCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” list.According to our most recent data, Thomas Nelson Community College supports 6,256 students, and 803 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 501 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,215. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Thomas Nelson Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend John Tyler Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Health Studies for an Associate. John Tyler Community College is a medium-sized school located in Chester, Virginia that handed out 89 associates’s health studies degrees in 2020-2021.
John Tyler Community College also made our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1.Among the 9,440 students enrolled at John Tyler Community College, 519 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 348 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,512. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. John Tyler Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at John Tyler Community College]](/colleges/john-tyler-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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