2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for International Public Health/International Health for a Master’s

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for International Public Health/International Health for a Master’s. GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 39 masters’s international public health/international health degrees to qualified students.

GWU also made our “Best International Public Health/International Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2.Of the 27,017 students enrolled at GWU, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,185. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. 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%.

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Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for International Public Health/International Health for a Master’s. Georgetown University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 23 masters’s international public health/international health degrees in 2020-2021.

Georgetown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best International Public Health/International Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Of the 19,371 students enrolled at Georgetown, 10 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $30,300. To help with additional expenses, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Georgetown offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for International Public Health/International Health for a Master’s. Johns Hopkins University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 12 masters’s international public health/international health degrees in 2020-2021.

Johns Hopkins did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best International Public Health/International Health Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, Johns Hopkins University supports 28,890 students, and 4 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 2 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,793. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%. 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.

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