2023 Best Financial Mathematics Colleges for Veterans in Oregon

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Financial Math” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Financial Mathematics is the 153rd most popular major in the country with 4,612 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Oregon, there were 79 financial mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Financial Math” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in financial mathematics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great financial mathematics 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 financial mathematics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Oregon for Financial Math” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Financial Math

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Financial Math”.

Top 2 Best Financial Mathematics Colleges for Veterans in Oregon

1

Portland State University
Portland, Oregon

1,127 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$8,835 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Financial Math. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s financial math degrees to 47 students in 2020-2021.

Portland State University also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, Portland State University supports 23,640 students, and 1,127 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 739 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,835. On top of their other funding sources, 100 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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 Portland State University]](/colleges/portland-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon

582 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$11,688 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Financial Math that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Eugene, Oregon, this large public school awarded 32 degrees to qualified ’s financial math students in 2020-2021.

UO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Of the 21,752 students enrolled at University of Oregon, 582 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 314 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,688. On top of their other funding sources, 25 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Oregon does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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 University of Oregon]](/colleges/university-of-oregon/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Financial Mathematics Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
• Best Financial Mathematics Colleges for Veterans

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Steven G. Johnson.