2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Washington
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Ranked Colleges
56
Degrees Awarded
$37,200
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 in Washington for Urban Design for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Urban & Regional Planning, General is the 264th most popular major in the country with 2,419 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Washington, there were 117 urban and regional planning, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 56 urban and regional planning, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,905 and $22,558 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great urban and regional planning, general programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the urban and regional planning, general program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Urban Design for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Urban Design for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for washington bachelor’s degree vets studying urban design.
Top 1 Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Washington
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Urban Design for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UW Seattle is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 46 bachelors’s urban design degrees in 2020-2021.
UW Seattle also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, University of Washington - Seattle Campus supports 48,149 students, and 1,283 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 769 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,190. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Washington - Seattle Campus does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UW Seattle]](/colleges/university-of-washington-seattle-campus/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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