2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Family and Community Services for a Master’s
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Family and Community Services for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,401 people earned their degree in family and community services, making the major the 377th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 168 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great family and community services programs and a strong support system for 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 family and community services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The family and community services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Family and Community Services for a Master’s”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Family and Community Services for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree vets studying family and community services.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Family and Community Services for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #1 spot on the list. Capella University is a private for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Capella University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Capella University supports 38,930 students, and 2,589 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,685 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,867. In addition to receiving other benefits, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Capella University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Capella University]](/colleges/capella-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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