2023 Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Utah
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Ranked Colleges
374
Degrees Awarded
$32,783
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Health Science for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Health Sciences & Services is the 34th most popular major in the country with 35,945 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,887 and had an average of $24,736 in loans still to pay off.
Across Utah, there were 445 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,783 and $11,500 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 374 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,685 and $18,758 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Health Science for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in health sciences and services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health sciences and services programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health sciences and services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Health Science for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Health Science for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Health Science for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Utah
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salt Lake Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Health Science for an Associate list. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 162 associates’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.
Salt Lake Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in Utah” list.Among the 27,293 students enrolled at Salt Lake Community College, 7 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,749. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full Salt Lake Community College Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Health Science for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Weber State University landed the #2 spot on the list. WSU is a public institution located in Ogden, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 210 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
WSU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in Utah” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 747 of the 29,596 students enrolled at WSU were GI Bill® students, of which 472 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,815. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. WSU does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
Full Weber State University Veteran Student Life Report
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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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