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2023 Best Family & Community Services Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania

1 Ranked Colleges
46 Degrees Awarded
$32,500 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Family and Community Services

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Pennsylvania for Family and Community Services” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Pennsylvania, there were 46 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Pennsylvania for Family and Community Services” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Family and Community Services

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania vets studying family and community services.

Top 1 Best Family & Community Services Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania

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Messiah University
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Messiah University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Family and Community Services. Messiah University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. It awarded 34 ’s family and community services degrees in 2020-2021.

Messiah also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 3,370 students enrolled at Messiah University, 72 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 45 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,642. To help with additional expenses, 20 students received funds through 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Messiah University]](/colleges/messiah-college/student-life/veterans/)

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