2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Legal Studies for an Associate

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Legal Studies for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Legal Studies is the 195th most popular major in the country with 3,818 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 237 legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Legal Studies for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in legal studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal studies 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 legal studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Legal Studies for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree vets studying legal studies.

Top 2 Best Legal Studies Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans

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Post University
Waterbury, Connecticut

1,029 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$3,975 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Post University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Legal Studies for an Associate list. Post University is located in Waterbury, Connecticut and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 40 associates’s legal studies degrees to qualified students.

Post University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Legal Studies Associate Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, Post University supports 13,844 students, and 1,029 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 736 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,975. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full Post University Veteran Student Life Report

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Ivy Tech Community College
Indianapolis, Indiana

1 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ivy Tech Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Legal Studies for an Associate. Indianapolis, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s legal studies degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ivy Tech Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Legal Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 63,809 students enrolled at Ivy Tech Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,500. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full Ivy Tech Community College Veteran Student Life Report

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

Footnotes

• *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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