2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Human Services
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Human Services” ranking.
Human Services is the 74th most popular major in the country with 13,238 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, human services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,839 and had an average of $30,553 in loans still to pay off.
Across Kansas, there were 18 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,614 and $40,857 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Human Services” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in human services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human services programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 human services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Human Services
The colleges and universities below are the best for kansas vets studying human services.
Top 2 Best Human Services Colleges for Veterans in Kansas
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ottawa University - Kansas City. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Human Services list. Ottawa University - Kansas City is located in Overland Park, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 ’s human services degrees to qualified students.
Ottawa University - Kansas City did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 7 of the 532 students enrolled at Ottawa University - Kansas City were GI Bill® students, of which 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,198. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Ottawa University - Kansas City]](/colleges/ottawa-university-kansas-city/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Human Services that were part of this year’s ranking, Rasmussen University - Kansas landed the #2 spot on the list. Rasmussen University - Kansas is a small school located in Topeka, Kansas that handed out 3 ’s human services degrees in 2020-2021.
Rasmussen University - Kansas also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Our most recent data shows that 25 of the 690 students enrolled at Rasmussen University - Kansas were GI Bill® students, of which 16 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,410. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Rasmussen University - Kansas does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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