2023 Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Family Studies for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General is the 226th most popular major in the country with 2,906 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 540 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general family and consumer sciences/human sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general family and consumer sciences/human sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Family Studies for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Family Studies for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Family Studies for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Family Studies for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 4 doctorate’s family studies degrees in 2020-2021.
OSU also made our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 1,038 of the 24,535 students enrolled at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 439 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,226. In addition to receiving other benefits, 39 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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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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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