2023 Best Nurse Anesthetist Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Nurse Anesthetist for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Nurse Anesthetist is the 292nd most popular major in the country with 1,936 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across California, there were 46 nurse anesthetist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Nurse Anesthetist for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in nurse anesthetist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great nurse anesthetist programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the nurse anesthetist program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Nurse Anesthetist for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Nurse Anesthetist for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Nurse Anesthetist for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Nurse Anesthetist Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California

1

National University
La Jolla, California

1 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$62,885 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend National University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Nurse Anesthetist for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in La Jolla, California, and it awarded 19 masters’s nurse anesthetist degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at National University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Nurse Anesthetist Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.Among the 18,070 students enrolled at National University, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. National University offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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2

Samuel Merritt University
Oakland, California

44 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$18,284 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Samuel Merritt University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Nurse Anesthetist for a Master’s. This small school is located in Oakland, California, and it awarded 27 masters’s nurse anesthetist degrees in 2020-2021.

Samuel Merritt University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Nurse Anesthetist Master’s Degree Schools in California” list.According to our most recent data, Samuel Merritt University supports 2,050 students, and 44 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 23 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,284. On top of their other funding sources, 12 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Samuel Merritt University]](/colleges/samuel-merritt-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Nurse Anesthetist Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
• Best Nurse Anesthetist Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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.

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