by our College Data Analytics TeamAs someone with prior military experience, it’s a good idea to check how well the school services veterans before signing those admission papers. We’ve assembled this report on San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield veteran students to support your research.
For details on military tuition assistance like the GI Bill® or the Yellow Ribbon Program, see: San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield GI Bill® Information
Inside This Veterans Report on San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield:
A sizable veteran community on campus is often a sign that a school knows how to support students with a military background. Based on VA records, there are 59 GI Bill® students at San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield. Given that enrollment at the school is 820, nearly 7.2% of students are using the GI Bill® to help pay for their education. To put that into context, the Student Veterans of America estimates that roughly three to four percent of all U.S. college students are veterans.
All GI Bill® chapters are included here: Post-9/11, Montgomery, Reserve Education Assistance, and Veteran Readiness and Employment. It excludes active-duty military personnel attending through Tuition Assistance, so the true military population may be larger. Veterans make up 1.1% of all students at San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield, per U.S. Department of Education data.
How a school’s veterans persist, transfer, and graduate is a useful signal of how well it serves them.
| Outcome | Veterans | All Students |
|---|---|---|
| Graduation rate | 66.7% | 45.7% |
| Transfer-out rate | 11.1% | — |
Source: the VA GI Bill® Comparison Tool.
San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield participates in the following veteran programs and offers the services below.
| Federal Program | Participation |
|---|---|
| Principles of Excellence | Yes |
| DOD Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) | Yes |
| Yellow Ribbon Program | Yes |
| Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) | Yes |
What does this mean for you? Here are the specific commitments the school has made through each program it participates in.
| Career and Vocational Support |
|---|
| Accommodate Military Service Members and Reservists absent due to service requirements. |
| Align institutional refund policies with those under Title IV, which governs the administration of federal student financial aid programs. |
| Regionally or Nationally Accredited - view all accreditations |
| Provide information that increases accountability and transparency. |
| Participate in the Military Voluntary Education Review (MVER) |
The school has a dedicated point of contact for veteran and military students. Learn more.
San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield may recognize specialized military training toward college credit. Contact the school to find out more about the particulars. Earning credit for what you already know can save you time and money toward a degree. Contact San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield to find out if it grants credit for life experience, CLEP/standardized exams, or other prior learning.
San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield does not offer Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs.
Our data shows that this school has not received any complaints at the VA.
Notes and References
More about our data sources and methodologies.
GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website at http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill.