2023 Best Office Administration Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
80
Degrees Awarded
$45,800
Avg Cost*
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 in the Southwest Region for Office Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Office Administration is the 303rd most popular major in the country with 4,076 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 235 office administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 80 office administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent office administration 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 office administration program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 the Southwest Region for Office Management for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Office Management for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying office management.
Top 1 Best Office Administration Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Office Management for a Bachelor’s. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 37 bachelors’s office management degrees in 2020-2021.
SMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Office Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Among the 12,373 students enrolled at Southern Methodist University, 327 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 215 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,612. During this same period, 103 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 Southern Methodist University]](/colleges/southern-methodist-university/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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