2023 Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$32,700
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Family Practice Nursing for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing is the 52nd most popular major in the country with 16,104 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 247 family practice nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Family Practice Nursing for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in family practice nurse/nursing. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great family practice nurse/nursing 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 family practice nurse/nursing program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 the Rocky Mountains Region for Family Practice Nursing for a Doctorate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Family Practice Nursing for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Family Practice Nursing for a Doctorate”.
Top 2 Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Rocky Mountains Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Family Practice Nursing for a Doctorate list. Located in Bozeman, Montana, this fairly large public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified doctorate’s family practice nursing students in 2020-2021.
MSU Bozeman also made our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 656 of the 16,218 students enrolled at Montana State University were GI Bill® students, of which 393 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,023. On top of their other funding sources, 37 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Montana State University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full MSU Bozeman Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for Family Practice Nursing for a Doctorate. Provo, Utah is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out doctorate’s family practice nursing degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
RMUoHP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list.Of the 1,193 students enrolled at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, 39 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 27 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,310. During this same period, 2 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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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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