2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Public/Applied History for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
48
Degrees Awarded
$27,200
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Public/Applied History for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Public/Applied History is the 828th most popular major in the country with 229 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 public/applied history graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Public/Applied History for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in public/applied history. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public/applied history 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 public/applied history program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Public/Applied History for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree vets studying public/applied history.
Top 3 Best Public/Applied History Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Public/Applied History for a Bachelor’s. Central Michigan University is a public institution located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Central Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public/Applied History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 17,311 students enrolled at Central Michigan, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $425. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Central Michigan]](/colleges/central-michigan-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salem State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Public/Applied History for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Salem, Massachusetts, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s public/applied history degrees in 2020-2021.
Salem State also made our “Best Public/Applied History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2.Of the 7,242 students enrolled at Salem State University, 273 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 160 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,582. To help with additional expenses, 5 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Public/Applied History for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Flagler College - St Augustine landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Saint Augustine, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public/applied history students in 2020-2021.
Flagler St. Augustine also took the #3 spot in our “Best Public/Applied History Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 2,687 students enrolled at Flagler College - St Augustine, 130 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 73 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,461. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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