2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Dispute Resolution

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Dispute Resolution” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 648 people earned their degree in dispute resolution, making the major the 684th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 157 dispute resolution graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Dispute Resolution” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in dispute resolution. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality dispute resolution programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the dispute resolution program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Dispute Resolution

The colleges and universities below are the best for california vets studying dispute resolution.

Top 2 Best Dispute Resolution Colleges for Veterans in California

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

1,311 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$20,487 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Dispute Resolution that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. USC is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 34 ’s dispute resolution degrees to qualified students.

USC 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 46,287 students enrolled at USC, 1,311 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 862 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,487. In addition to receiving other benefits, 388 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. USC does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Southern California]](/colleges/university-of-southern-california/student-life/veterans/)

2

Pepperdine University
Malibu, California

458 GI Bill® Students**

$19,329 Average GI Bill® Award

$72,035 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pepperdine University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Dispute Resolution list. Malibu, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s dispute resolution degrees to 116 students in 2020-2021.

Pepperdine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Among the 9,554 students enrolled at Pepperdine University, 458 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 288 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,329. On top of their other funding sources, 180 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

Full Pepperdine Veteran Student Life Report

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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

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.