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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Somatic Bodywork

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801 Degrees Awarded
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Somatic Bodywork

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 the Southwest Region for Somatic Bodywork” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services is the 280th most popular major in the country with 10,751 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, somatic bodywork and therapeutic services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $19,878 and had an average of $9,699 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 801 somatic bodywork and therapeutic services graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,228 and $8,473 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Somatic Bodywork” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in somatic bodywork and therapeutic services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality somatic bodywork and therapeutic services programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the somatic bodywork and therapeutic services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Somatic Bodywork

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region vets studying somatic bodywork.

Top 5 Best Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

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Parker University
Dallas, Texas

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Somatic Bodywork that were part of this year’s ranking, Parker University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 54 degrees to qualified ’s somatic bodywork students in 2020-2021.

Parker University also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, Parker University supports 1,697 students, and 96 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 58 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,069. To help with additional expenses, 17 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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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Phoenix College
Phoenix, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Phoenix College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Somatic Bodywork. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s somatic bodywork degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Phoenix College, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, Phoenix College supports 9,538 students, and 228 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 155 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,104. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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Pima Community College
Tucson, Arizona

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Somatic Bodywork that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s somatic bodywork degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our southwest region vets studying somatic bodywork list, Pima County Community College District has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 853 of the 15,544 students enrolled at Pima County Community College District were GI Bill® students, of which 426 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,036. 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona Western College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Somatic Bodywork. Arizona Western College is a public institution located in Yuma, Arizona. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at AWC, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 254 of the 6,487 students enrolled at Arizona Western College were GI Bill® students, of which 166 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,156. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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Central Arizona College
Coolidge, Arizona

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Somatic Bodywork that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Arizona College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Coolidge, Arizona, this small public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified ’s somatic bodywork students in 2020-2021.

Pinal County Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.According to our most recent data, Pinal County Community College supports 4,076 students, and 149 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 85 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $843. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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