2023 Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Minnesota
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$29,597
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Human Development for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Human Development & Family Studies is the 44th most popular major in the country with 42,112 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, human development and family studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,862 and had an average of $22,387 in loans still to pay off.
Across Minnesota, there were 300 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,304 and $35,137 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 71 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,071 and $28,140 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Human Development for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in human development and family studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great human development and family studies programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the human development and family studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Human Development for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Human Development for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Minnesota
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Human Development for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Saint Paul landed the #1 spot on the list. Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Concordia University, Saint Paul not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list.According to our most recent data, Concordia University, Saint Paul supports 5,585 students, and 196 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 118 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,143. To help with additional expenses, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Concordia University, Saint Paul]](/colleges/concordia-university-saint-paul/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Walden University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Human Development for a Bachelor’s. Walden University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 7 bachelors’s human development degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Walden University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking.Among the 49,695 students enrolled at Walden University, 2,721 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,568 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,240. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students received scholarships through 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Walden University]](/colleges/walden-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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