2023 Best Military History Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Military History for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Military History is the 813th most popular major in the country with 209 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 112 military history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 16 military history graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent military history programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the military history program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 the Southeast Region for Military History for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Military History for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Military History for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Military History Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Military History for an Associate list. American Public University System is located in Charles Town, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 associates’s military history degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at American Military University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Military History Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 50,047 students enrolled at American Military University, 18,040 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 15,422 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,793. 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.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.
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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.