2023 Best Maternal and Child Health Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 for Maternal and Child Health for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Maternal and Child Health is the 1032nd most popular major in the country with 163 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Maternal and Child Health for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in maternal and child health. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality maternal and child health programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the maternal and child health program at the school. 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 for Maternal and Child Health for a Doctorate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Maternal and Child Health for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Maternal and Child Health for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Best Maternal and Child Health Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

1 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Maternal and Child Health for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #1 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large public school situated in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It awarded 4 doctorate’s maternal and child health degrees in 2020-2021.

UNC Chapel Hill also made our “Best Maternal and Child Health Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2.Among the 30,092 students enrolled at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1 are 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 scholarships through 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]](/colleges/university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill/student-life/veterans/)

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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

4 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Maternal and Child Health for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #2 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins University is a large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 8 doctorate’s maternal and child health degrees in 2020-2021.

Johns Hopkins also made our “Best Maternal and Child Health Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 4 of the 28,890 students enrolled at Johns Hopkins were GI Bill® students, of which 2 were 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 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Johns Hopkins Veteran Student Life Report

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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

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