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2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management for a Bachelor’s

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143 Degrees Awarded
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Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management for a Bachelor's

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management is the 856th most popular major in the country with 188 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 143 consumer merchandising/retailing management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in consumer merchandising/retailing management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent consumer merchandising/retailing management programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 consumer merchandising/retailing management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 6 Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Syracuse University landed the #1 spot on the list. Syracuse is a private not-for-profit institution located in Syracuse, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Syracuse not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 21,322 students enrolled at Syracuse, 385 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 250 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,840. On top of their other funding sources, 217 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Syracuse Veteran Student Life Report

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Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s consumer merchandising/retailing management degrees in 2020-2021.

Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, Purdue University - Main Campus supports 46,655 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,765. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school handed out 51 degrees to qualified bachelors’s consumer merchandising/retailing management students in 2020-2021.

Oregon State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 32,312 students enrolled at Oregon State, 1,559 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,000 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,385. During this same period, 17 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephen F Austin State University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management for a Bachelor’s. SFASU is a fairly large public school situated in Nacogdoches, Texas. It awarded 13 bachelors’s consumer merchandising/retailing management degrees in 2020-2021.

SFASU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 427 of the 12,620 students enrolled at Stephen F Austin State University were GI Bill® students, of which 177 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,500. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full SFASU Veteran Student Life Report

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Bradley University
Peoria, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bradley University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management for a Bachelor’s. This medium-sized school is located in Peoria, Illinois, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s consumer merchandising/retailing management degrees in 2020-2021.

Bradley also made our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5.Among the 5,855 students enrolled at Bradley University, 96 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 61 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,498. To help with additional expenses, 7 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Bradley]](/colleges/bradley-university/student-life/veterans/)

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Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management for a Bachelor’s ranking. This fairly large school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s consumer merchandising/retailing management degrees in 2020-2021.

SCAD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Consumer Merch&ising/Retailing Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, SCAD supports 14,265 students, and 193 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 135 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,695. In addition to receiving other benefits, 91 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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