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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Community Organization for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Community Organization & Advocacy is the 169th most popular major in the country with 3,096 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, community organization and advocacy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,265 and had an average of $26,263 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 179 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,957 and $33,744 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Community Organization for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in community organization and advocacy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent community organization and advocacy programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the community organization and advocacy program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The community organization school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Community Organization for a Master’s”.
One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree vets studying community organization.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Community Organization for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Metropolitan State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 24 masters’s community organization degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree vets studying community organization list, Metro State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Metropolitan State University supports 7,552 students, and 257 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 157 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,216. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 Metropolitan State University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Community Organization for a Master’s list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s community organization degrees to 96 students in 2020-2021.
Capella University also made our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 2,589 of the 38,930 students enrolled at Capella University were GI Bill® students, of which 1,685 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,867. To help with additional expenses, 4 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Capella University]](/colleges/capella-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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