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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 Rhode Island for Architecture & Related Services for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Architecture & Related Services is the 29th most popular major in the country with 17,325 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, architecture and related services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $49,602 and had an average of $25,146 in loans still to pay off.
Across Rhode Island, there were 282 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,481 and $26,310 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 161 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,833 and $24,930 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Architecture & Related Services for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in architecture and related services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent architecture and related services programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the architecture and related services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The architecture & related services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Architecture & Related Services for a Bachelor’s”.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Architecture & Related Services for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Architecture & Related Services for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Roger Williams University landed the #1 spot on the list. Bristol, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees to 67 students in 2020-2021.
RWU also made our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #2.Among the 4,702 students enrolled at Roger Williams University, 95 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 48 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,342. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Roger Williams University offers credit for military training for eligible 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 Roger Williams University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Architecture & Related Services for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rhode Island School of Design landed the #2 spot on the list. RISD is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 72 bachelors’s architecture and related services degrees in 2020-2021.
RISD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list.According to our most recent data, RISD supports 2,227 students, and 16 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,999. In addition to receiving other benefits, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at RISD]](/colleges/rhode-island-school-of-design/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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