2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Development and Aging for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$22,500
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Development and Aging for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Adult Development & Aging is the 877th most popular major in the country with 299 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Development and Aging for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in adult development and aging. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality adult development and aging programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the adult development and aging program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Development and Aging for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Development and Aging for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Adult Development & Aging Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Development and Aging for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and it awarded 8 masters’s adult development and aging degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern Michigan, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Adult Development & Aging Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Eastern Michigan supports 16,294 students, and 486 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 265 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,462. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Development and Aging for a Master’s. UOPX - Arizona is a large private for-profit school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 15 masters’s adult development and aging degrees in 2020-2021.
UOPX - Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Adult Development & Aging Master’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 135 of the 89,763 students enrolled at University of Phoenix - Arizona were GI Bill® students, of which 157 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,437. During this same period, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Phoenix - Arizona]](/colleges/university-of-phoenix-arizona/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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