2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Architecture for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
122
Degrees Awarded
$32,135
Avg Salary
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Architecture for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Architecture (Other) is the 326th most popular major in the country with 202 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, architecture (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,351 and had an average of $26,123 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 122 architecture (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Architecture for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in architecture (other). This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architecture (other) programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architecture (other) program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Architecture for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree vets studying architecture.
Top 3 Best Architecture (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Architecture for a Bachelor’s list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 24 bachelors’s architecture degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Architecture (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 2,131 of the 45,601 students enrolled at University of Arizona were GI Bill® students, of which 1,478 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,880. During this same period, 31 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Arizona]](/colleges/university-of-arizona/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Architecture for a Bachelor’s. Located in Ruston, Louisiana, this fairly large public school awarded 31 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architecture students in 2020-2021.
Louisiana Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Architecture (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 29 of the 11,126 students enrolled at Louisiana Tech were GI Bill® students, of which 26 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,493. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Louisiana Tech does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Louisiana Tech University]](/colleges/louisiana-tech-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Architecture for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Lafayette landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a public institution located in Lafayette, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UL Lafayette also made our “Best Architecture (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3.Among the 16,450 students enrolled at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 604 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 224 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,336. In addition to receiving other benefits, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full University of Louisiana at Lafayette Veteran Student Life Report
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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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