2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Interiors for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$40,204
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Southwest Region for Interiors for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Interior Architecture is the 257th most popular major in the country with 728 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, interior architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $40,215 and had an average of $24,409 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 37 interior architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,204 and $21,625 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 interior architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Interiors for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in interior architecture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great interior architecture 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 interior architecture program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Interiors for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Interiors for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Interiors for a Bachelor’s list. UH is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Among the 47,090 students enrolled at University of Houston, 1,382 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 730 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,264. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Houston offers credit for military training for eligible 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full UH Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Interiors for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2020-2021.
UTSA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.According to our most recent data, The University of Texas at San Antonio supports 34,742 students, and 3,565 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,847 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,531. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at The University of Texas at San Antonio]](/colleges/the-university-of-texas-at-san-antonio/student-life/veterans/)
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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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