Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Gerontology for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s gerontology degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at K -State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Gerontology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,099 of the 20,854 students enrolled at Kansas State University were GI Bill® students, of which 647 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,562. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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