2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Public Health
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Ranked Colleges
204
Degrees Awarded
$31,600
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Delaware for Public Health” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Public Health is the 26th most popular major in the country with 40,596 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, public health graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,158 and had an average of $27,396 in loans still to pay off.
Across Delaware, there were 204 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,641 and $26,000 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Public Health” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public health. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public health programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the public health program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Public Health
The colleges and universities below are the best for delaware vets studying public health.
Top 2 Best Public Health Colleges for Veterans in Delaware
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Public Health list. Newark, Delaware is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s public health degrees to 179 students in 2020-2021.
UD also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 23,613 students enrolled at University of Delaware, 364 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 188 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,229. During this same period, 0 students received funds 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Public Health that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Dover, Delaware, and it awarded 17 ’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Del State, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 4,739 students enrolled at Del State, 152 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 66 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,378. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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