2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Health Professions for a Doctorate
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$157,964
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Health Professions for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Health Professions is the 102nd most popular major in the country with 7,984 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,061 and had an average of $24,616 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 2,223 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,710 and $23,124 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Health Professions for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other health professions. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other health professions 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 other health professions program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Health Professions for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree vets studying health professions.
Top 2 Best Other Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Health Professions for a Doctorate list. Virginia Commonwealth University is located in Richmond, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 doctorate’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
VCU also made our “Best Other Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 29,070 students enrolled at VCU, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,085. During this same period, 0 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%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Health Professions for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Old Dominion University landed the #2 spot on the list. Old Dominion is a large school located in Norfolk, Virginia that handed out 4 doctorate’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Old Dominion not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Of the 24,286 students enrolled at Old Dominion, 1 were 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. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Old Dominion offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Old Dominion University]](/colleges/old-dominion-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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