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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. 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 Far Western US Region for Medical Informatics for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,004 people earned their degree in medical informatics, making the major the 311th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 186 medical informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 medical informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality medical informatics programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the medical informatics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 the Far Western US Region for Medical Informatics 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. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Medical Informatics for an Associate”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Medical Informatics for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Rogue Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Rogue Community College is a small public school situated in Grants Pass, Oregon. It awarded 4 associates’s medical informatics degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rogue Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Medical Informatics Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 259 of the 3,765 students enrolled at Rogue Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 158 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,250. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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