2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Family Practice Nursing

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Family Practice Nursing” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Family Practice Nurse/Nursing is the 52nd most popular major in the country with 16,104 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Alabama, there were 99 family practice nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Family Practice Nursing” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the family practice nurse/nursing program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Alabama for Family Practice Nursing”.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Family Practice Nursing

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Family Practice Nursing”.

Top 2 Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Colleges for Veterans in Alabama

1

Samford University
Birmingham, Alabama

162 GI Bill® Students**

$15,201 Average GI Bill® Award

$53,223 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Samford University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Family Practice Nursing list. Samford is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Birmingham, Alabama. It awarded 62 ’s family practice nursing degrees in 2020-2021.

Samford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Among the 5,729 students enrolled at Samford, 162 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 101 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,201. To help with additional expenses, 36 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Samford]](/colleges/samford-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

University of Mobile
Mobile, Alabama

60 GI Bill® Students**

$7,844 Average GI Bill® Award

$40,280 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mobile. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Family Practice Nursing. University of Mobile is a small school located in Mobile, Alabama that handed out 28 ’s family practice nursing degrees in 2020-2021.

University of Mobile also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Mobile supports 2,016 students, and 60 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 37 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,844. On top of their other funding sources, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full University of Mobile Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

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