2023 Best General Public Policy Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Texas
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Ranked Colleges
78
Degrees Awarded
$45,800
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Texas for General Public Policy Analysis for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Public Policy Analysis is the 135th most popular major in the country with 5,667 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Texas, there were 248 general public policy analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 78 general public policy analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general public policy analysis programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general public policy analysis program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for General Public Policy Analysis for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for General Public Policy Analysis for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for General Public Policy Analysis for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best General Public Policy Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Texas
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for General Public Policy Analysis for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #1 spot on the list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general public policy analysis degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.
SMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Public Policy Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list.According to our most recent data, SMU supports 12,373 students, and 327 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 215 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,612. To help with additional expenses, 103 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. SMU does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
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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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