2023 Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
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Ranked Colleges
39
Degrees Awarded
$40,400
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Classics for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Classical & Ancient Studies is the 309th most popular major in the country with 275 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, classical and ancient studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $26,214 in loans still to pay off.
Across California, there were 39 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,566 and $21,995 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Classics for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in classical and ancient studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent classical and ancient studies 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 classical and ancient studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Classics for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Classics for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Classics for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the #1 spot on the list. UCLA is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 19 bachelors’s classics degrees in 2020-2021.
UCLA also made our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #2.Of the 44,589 students enrolled at University of California - Los Angeles, 7 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,071. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Classics for a Bachelor’s. UC Davis is located in Davis, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s classics degrees to qualified students.
UC Davis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list.Our most recent data shows that 31 of the 39,074 students enrolled at University of California - Davis were GI Bill® students, of which 23 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,489. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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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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