2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Teacher Development & Methodology for a Bachelor’s

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 in the Southeast Region for Teacher Development & Methodology for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

Teacher Development & Methodology is the 156th most popular major in the country with 6,165 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 2,216 teacher development and methodology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 teacher development and methodology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Teacher Development & Methodology for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in teacher development and methodology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great teacher development and methodology programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the teacher development and methodology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Teacher Development & Methodology for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree vets studying teacher development & methodology.

Top 2 Best Teacher Development & Methodology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

1

Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina

780 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Teacher Development & Methodology for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Appalachian State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Boone, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s teacher development and methodology degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.

Appalachian State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Teacher Development & Methodology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Among the 20,023 students enrolled at Appalachian State University, 780 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 393 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,464. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Appalachian State Veteran Student Life Report

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University of Lynchburg
Lynchburg, Virginia

180 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$13,684 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Lynchburg. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Teacher Development & Methodology for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 25 degrees to qualified bachelors’s teacher development and methodology students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree vets studying teacher development & methodology list, Lynchburg has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Teacher Development & Methodology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 180 of the 2,692 students enrolled at Lynchburg were GI Bill® students, of which 125 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,684. To help with additional expenses, 8 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Lynchburg Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Teacher Development & Methodology Bachelor’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.

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