2023 Best Education Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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Ranked Colleges
276
Degrees Awarded
$40,600
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Education Philosophy for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Education Philosophy is the 261st most popular major in the country with 737 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, education philosophy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $49,756 and had an average of $18,500 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 276 education philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Education Philosophy for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in education philosophy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent education philosophy 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 education philosophy program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Education Philosophy for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Education Philosophy for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 4 Best Education Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Education Philosophy for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 43 bachelors’s education philosophy degrees to qualified students.
UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Education Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 44,640 students enrolled at University of Wisconsin - Madison, 4 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. 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%.
Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Riverside. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Education Philosophy for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Riverside, California, this large public school handed out 153 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education philosophy students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying education philosophy list, UCR has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Education Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 26,434 students enrolled at University of California - Riverside, 11 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,182. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of California - Riverside does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UCR]](/colleges/university-of-california-riverside/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Cruz. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Education Philosophy for a Bachelor’s list. UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large school located in Santa Cruz, California that handed out 31 bachelors’s education philosophy degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying education philosophy list, UC Santa Cruz has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Education Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 19,161 students enrolled at UC Santa Cruz, 273 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 114 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,631. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of California - Santa Cruz Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend High Point University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Education Philosophy for a Bachelor’s. High Point is located in High Point, North Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s education philosophy degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at High Point, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Education Philosophy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 5,617 students enrolled at High Point, 119 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 56 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,813. During this same period, 44 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%.
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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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