2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Ethics for a Master’s

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Ethics for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Ethics is the 934th most popular major in the country with 150 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Ethics for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in ethics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ethics 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 ethics program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Ethics for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Ethics for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Ethics Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

1

Fordham University
Bronx, New York

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 Fordham University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Ethics for a Master’s. Located in Bronx, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s ethics students in 2020-2021.

Fordham U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Ethics Master’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 16,364 students enrolled at Fordham University, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Fordham U]](/colleges/fordham-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

American University
Washington, District of Columbia

613 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Ethics for a Master’s. American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 21 masters’s ethics degrees in 2020-2021.

The American University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Ethics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 14,001 students enrolled at American University, 613 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 388 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,027. In addition to receiving other benefits, 206 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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

Full American University 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.