2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Insurance for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
104
Degrees Awarded
$54,961
Avg Salary
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Insurance for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Insurance is the 201st most popular major in the country with 1,809 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, insurance graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,764 and had an average of $24,058 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 118 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,961 and $18,961 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 104 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Insurance for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in insurance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent insurance programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the insurance program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Insurance for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Insurance for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 4 Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Insurance for a Bachelor’s list. UNT is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 57 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UNT also took the #2 spot in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 40,953 students enrolled at UNT, 2,038 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,138 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,999. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UNT does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Insurance for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #2 spot on the list. UCO is a public institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UCO also made our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3.Our most recent data shows that 934 of the 14,132 students enrolled at UCO were GI Bill® students, of which 428 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,062. 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.
Full UCO Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston - Downtown. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Insurance for a Bachelor’s. Houston, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s insurance degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Downtown, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Houston - Downtown supports 15,239 students, and 20 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 20 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,002. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
Full UH Downtown Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Insurance for a Bachelor’s. Waco, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s insurance degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
Baylor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Of the 19,297 students enrolled at Baylor University, 876 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 593 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,744. During this same period, 263 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Baylor University]](/colleges/baylor-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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