2023 Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Idaho
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Health Professions for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Health Professions is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 977,800 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,927 and had an average of $20,846 in loans still to pay off.
Across Idaho, there were 4,718 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,296 and $21,366 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Health Professions for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health professions. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health professions programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the health professions program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Health Professions for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Health Professions for a Master’s”.
Top 3 Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Idaho
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Health Professions for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Pocatello, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s health professions degrees to 195 students in 2020-2021.
ISU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 422 of the 11,766 students enrolled at Idaho State University were GI Bill® students, of which 221 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,419. To help with additional expenses, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full ISU Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Health Professions for a Master’s list. Located in Boise, Idaho, this large public school handed out 59 degrees to qualified masters’s health professions students in 2020-2021.
Boise State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list.Of the 24,069 students enrolled at Boise State University, 1,134 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 798 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,559. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Boise State University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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 Boise State Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Nazarene University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Health Professions for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Nampa, Idaho, and it awarded 63 masters’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
NNU also made our “Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list, coming in at #3.According to our most recent data, Northwest Nazarene University supports 2,109 students, and 80 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 57 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,130. In addition to receiving other benefits, 5 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at NNU]](/colleges/northwest-nazarene-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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