2023 Best Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for architecture for a Bachelor’s. USC is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 11 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2020-2021.

USC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list.According to our most recent data, USC supports 46,287 students, and 1,311 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 862 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,487. On top of their other funding sources, 388 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. USC does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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 USC Veteran Student Life Report

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University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for architecture for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2020-2021.

UCLA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.According to our most recent data, UCLA supports 44,589 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,071. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
Pomona, California

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for architecture for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Pomona, California, and it awarded 95 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2020-2021.

Cal Poly Pomona also took the #4 spot in our “Best Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.Among the 30,014 students enrolled at Cal Poly Pomona, 34 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 17 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,486. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Cal Poly Pomona does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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 Cal Poly Pomona Veteran Student Life Report