2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Architecture for a Doctorate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Architecture for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 4,982 people earned their degree in general architecture, making the major the 127th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $49,005 and had an average of $26,624 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 596 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,031 and $27,018 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Architecture for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general architecture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general architecture programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general architecture program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Architecture for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree vets studying architecture.

Top 2 Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

1

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

7 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Architecture for a Doctorate. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s architecture degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

UCLA also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of California - Los Angeles supports 44,589 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,071. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of California - Los Angeles]](/colleges/university-of-california-los-angeles/student-life/veterans/)

2

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii

3 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Architecture for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #2 spot on the list. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s architecture degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.

UH Manoa also made our “Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #3.Of the 18,025 students enrolled at UH Manoa, 3 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $22,153. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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 University of Hawaii at Manoa Veteran Student Life Report

• Best General Architecture Doctor’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.

Credits

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