2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions for a Master’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions is the 586th most popular major in the country with 588 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 6 other public administration and social service professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other public administration and social service professions. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other public administration and social service professions 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 other public administration and social service professions program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree vets studying other public administration & social service professions.

Top 2 Best Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

1

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri

7 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions for a Master’s list. WUSTL is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 1 masters’s other public administration and social service professions degrees in 2020-2021.

WUSTL also made our “Best Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 15,449 students enrolled at WUSTL, 7 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,972. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

2,589 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$6,867 Average GI Bill® Award

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 Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 1 masters’s other public administration and social service professions degrees in 2020-2021.

Capella University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.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. On top of their other funding sources, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Capella University offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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

• Best Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions Master’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.