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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences, Other for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields Other is the 548th most popular major in the country with 602 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 75 agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences, other graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences, other programs and a strong support system for 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 agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences, other program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly for Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences, Other for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree vets studying agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences, other.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences, Other for an Associate list. Richmond, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences, other degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields Other Associate Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Eastern Kentucky University supports 14,465 students, and 869 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 469 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,031. To help with additional expenses, 0 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 Eastern Kentucky University]](/colleges/eastern-kentucky-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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