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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Public Health/Community Nursing Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing is the 316th most popular major in the country with 1,883 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 83 public health/community nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Public Health/Community Nursing Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public health/community nurse/nursing. That schools that top this list have a program in public health/community nurse/nursing in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region public health/community nursing students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Public Health/Community Nursing Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bluefield College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Bluefield, Virginia, and it awarded 35 ’s public health/community nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Bluefield College Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Public Health/Community Nursing Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Jacksonville State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Jacksonville, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s public health/community nursing degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing at Jacksonville State University
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Public Health/Community Nursing Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Coral Gables, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 30 degrees to qualified ’s public health/community nursing students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Miami Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Public Health/Community Nursing Major in the Southeast Region list. Emory is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Emory Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Report
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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).
- 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.
- 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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