2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Public Finance for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
14
Degrees Awarded
$27,600
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly for Public Finance for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 48 people earned their degree in public finance, making the major the 1168th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 public finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public finance programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public finance program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Public Finance for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree vets studying public finance.
Top 1 Best Public Finance Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Public Finance for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Niagara University landed the #1 spot on the list. Niagara University is located in Niagara University, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s public finance degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying public finance list, Niagara has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Public Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 114 of the 3,544 students enrolled at Niagara were GI Bill® students, of which 60 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,174. In addition to receiving other benefits, 20 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Niagara does offer 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%.
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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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