2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Urban Planning for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
56
Degrees Awarded
$39,577
Avg Salary
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Urban Planning for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 2,419 people earned their degree in urban and regional planning, making the major the 183rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, urban and regional planning graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,745 and had an average of $23,296 in loans still to pay off.
Across Washington, there were 117 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,268 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 56 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,905 and $22,558 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality urban and regional planning programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the urban and regional planning program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Urban Planning for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Urban Planning for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for washington bachelor’s degree vets studying urban planning.
Top 1 Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Washington
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Urban Planning for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school awarded 46 degrees to qualified bachelors’s urban planning students in 2020-2021.
UW Seattle also took the #1 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking.Of the 48,149 students enrolled at UW Seattle, 1,283 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 769 were 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 received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UW Seattle offers 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 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 UW Seattle 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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