2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Sociology & Anthropology for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$35,800
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 the Plains States Region for Sociology & Anthropology for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Sociology & Anthropology is the 556th most popular major in the country with 541 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 48 sociology and anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 sociology and anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Sociology & Anthropology for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in sociology and anthropology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality sociology and anthropology programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the sociology and anthropology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Sociology & Anthropology for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Sociology & Anthropology for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Olaf College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Sociology & Anthropology for a Bachelor’s list. St Olaf College is a small school located in Northfield, Minnesota that handed out 23 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
St. Olaf not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, St. Olaf supports 2,953 students, and 23 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 10 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $25,252. During this same period, 4 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carleton College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Sociology & Anthropology for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Northfield, Minnesota, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s sociology and anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.
Carleton also made our “Best Sociology & Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Carleton College supports 1,940 students, and 18 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 14 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,697. In addition to receiving other benefits, 14 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
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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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