2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Philosophy for a Doctorate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 in Virginia for Philosophy for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Philosophy is the 86th most popular major in the country with 9,487 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Virginia, there were 241 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent philosophy programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the philosophy program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Philosophy for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Philosophy for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Virginia
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Philosophy for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Charlottesville, Virginia, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s philosophy students in 2020-2021.
University of Virginia also took the #1 spot in our “Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Virginia - Main Campus supports 25,628 students, and 3 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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 97%.
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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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