2023 Best Econometrics & Quantitative Economics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Econometrics and Quantitative Economics for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 18,364 people earned their degree in econometrics and quantitative economics, making the major the 45th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 425 econometrics and quantitative economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 100 econometrics and quantitative economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Econometrics and Quantitative Economics for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in econometrics and quantitative economics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality econometrics and quantitative economics 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 econometrics and quantitative economics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Econometrics and Quantitative Economics for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Econometrics and Quantitative Economics for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Econometrics & Quantitative Economics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

1

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Norman, Oklahoma

12 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Econometrics and Quantitative Economics for a Bachelor’s list. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is located in Norman, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 82 bachelors’s econometrics and quantitative economics degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying econometrics and quantitative economics list, University of Oklahoma has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Econometrics & Quantitative Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 12 of the 27,772 students enrolled at University of Oklahoma were GI Bill® students, of which 10 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,720. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Oklahoma]](/colleges/university-of-oklahoma-norman-campus/student-life/veterans/)

2

Rice University
Houston, Texas

157 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$18,656 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rice University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Econometrics and Quantitative Economics for a Bachelor’s. Houston, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s econometrics and quantitative economics degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.

Rice also took the #1 spot in our “Best Econometrics & Quantitative Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 7,643 students enrolled at Rice, 157 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 80 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,656. During this same period, 68 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Rice University]](/colleges/rice-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Econometrics & Quantitative Economics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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.

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