2023 Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Community Health and Preventive Medicine for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,272 people earned their degree in community health and preventive medicine, making the major the 281st most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 82 community health and preventive medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 community health and preventive medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great community health and preventive medicine 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 community health and preventive medicine program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Community Health and Preventive Medicine for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Community Health and Preventive Medicine for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying community health and preventive medicine.
Top 1 Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Incarnate Word. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Community Health and Preventive Medicine for a Bachelor’s. University of the Incarnate Word is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s community health and preventive medicine degrees to qualified students.
UIW also took the #1 spot in our “Best Community Health and Preventive Medicine Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,174 of the 7,917 students enrolled at UIW were GI Bill® students, of which 761 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,131. To help with additional expenses, 87 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UIW offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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 University of the Incarnate Word]](/colleges/university-of-the-incarnate-word/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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