2023 Best Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 1,058 people earned their degree in purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management, making the major the 461st most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 213 purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

1

Webster University
Saint Louis, Missouri

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management for a Master’s. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 154 degrees to qualified masters’s purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management students in 2020-2021.

Webster also took the #1 spot in our “Best Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Among the 8,197 students enrolled at Webster University, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,175. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Webster University offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Webster University]](/colleges/webster-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

2,589 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$6,867 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management for a Master’s. Capella University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 10 masters’s purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management degrees in 2020-2021.

Capella University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Among the 38,930 students enrolled at Capella University, 2,589 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,685 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,867. In addition to receiving other benefits, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Capella University]](/colleges/capella-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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.