2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Orthotist/Prosthetist
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Ranked Colleges
48
Degrees Awarded
$37,100
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Orthotist/Prosthetist” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 335 people earned their degree in orthotist/prosthetist, making the major the 710th most popular in the United States.
Across Illinois, there were 48 orthotist/prosthetist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great orthotist/prosthetist programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the orthotist/prosthetist program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. 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 in Illinois for Orthotist/Prosthetist” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Orthotist/Prosthetist
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Orthotist/Prosthetist”.
Top 1 Best Orthotist/Prosthetist Colleges for Veterans in Illinois
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Orthotist/Prosthetist that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northwestern University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 48 ’s orthotist/prosthetist degrees in 2020-2021.
Northwestern also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, Northwestern supports 22,603 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $399. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national 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. 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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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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