2023 Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Far Western US Region for Environmental Health for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Environmental Health is the 387th most popular major in the country with 1,344 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 141 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 85 environmental health graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Environmental Health for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental health. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental health programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental health program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The environmental health 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 the Far Western US Region for Environmental Health for a Bachelor’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Environmental Health for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Environmental Health for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Environmental Health for a Bachelor’s. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental health degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW Seattle, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,283 of the 48,149 students enrolled at UW Seattle were GI Bill® students, of which 769 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,190. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UW Seattle does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Northridge. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Environmental Health for a Bachelor’s. California State University - Northridge is a public institution located in Northridge, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 63 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
CSUN also took the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, California State University - Northridge supports 40,381 students, and 680 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 336 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,745. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. California State University - Northridge does offer 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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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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