2023 Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Connecticut
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$47,800
Avg Cost*
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 Connecticut for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s” 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 Connecticut, there were 50 family practice nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in family practice nurse/nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality family practice nurse/nursing programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the family practice nurse/nursing program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The family practice nursing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree vets studying family practice nursing.
Top 2 Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Connecticut
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Sacred Heart University landed the #1 spot on the list. Fairfield, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s family practice nursing degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Sacred Heart also took the #1 spot in our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 139 of the 9,313 students enrolled at Sacred Heart were GI Bill® students, of which 82 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,785. On top of their other funding sources, 35 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, American Sentinel University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Aurora, Colorado, and it awarded 47 masters’s family practice nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
American Sentinel University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list.According to our most recent data, American Sentinel University supports 2,761 students, and 74 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 43 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,059. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through 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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