2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for International Public Health/International Health for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$25,600
Avg Cost*
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 International Public Health/International Health for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
International Public Health/International Health is the 440th most popular major in the country with 1,599 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 252 international public health/international health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 75 international public health/international health graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for International Public Health/International Health for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in international public health/international health. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great international public health/international health 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 international public health/international health program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The international public health/international 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 Southeast Region for International Public Health/International Health for a Bachelor’s”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for International Public Health/International Health for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for International Public Health/International Health for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best International Public Health/International Health Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for International Public Health/International Health for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mercer University landed the #1 spot on the list. Macon, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s international public health/international health degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
Mercer not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best International Public Health/International Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 15 of the 9,006 students enrolled at Mercer were GI Bill® students, of which 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,244. During this same period, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Mercer]](/colleges/mercer-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for International Public Health/International Health for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Durham, North Carolina, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s international public health/international health degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree vets studying international public health/international health list, Duke has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best International Public Health/International Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 16,172 students enrolled at Duke University, 36 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,387. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.
Full Duke Veteran Student Life Report
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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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