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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services is the 702nd most popular major in the country with 292 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 281 other family and consumer economics and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other family and consumer economics and related services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other family and consumer economics and related services 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 other family and consumer economics and related services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school awarded 79 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other family and consumer economics and related services students in 2020-2021.
UMN Twin Cities did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 52,017 students enrolled at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 752 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 436 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,020. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities]](/colleges/university-of-minnesota-twin-cities/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services for a Bachelor’s. UNL is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 138 bachelors’s other family and consumer economics and related services degrees in 2020-2021.
UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, University of Nebraska - Lincoln supports 25,108 students, and 690 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 344 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,374. On top of their other funding sources, 79 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Nebraska - Lincoln 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. 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 UNL Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Kearney, Nebraska, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s other family and consumer economics and related services degrees in 2020-2021.
UNK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, UNK supports 6,225 students, and 183 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 71 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,539. In addition to receiving other benefits, 12 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 UNK]](/colleges/university-of-nebraska-at-kearney/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Virginia State University is a public institution located in Petersburg, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Virginia State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 4,020 students enrolled at Virginia State, 368 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 112 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,578. During this same period, 0 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 Virginia State]](/colleges/virginia-state-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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