2023 Best Project Management Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Project Management” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Project Management is the 250th most popular major in the country with 4,237 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 680 project management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Project Management” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in project management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great project management programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the project management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. 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 the Southwest Region for Project Management” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Project Management

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Project Management”.

Top 2 Best Project Management Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

1

University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, Texas

1,174 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$10,131 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Incarnate Word. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Project Management. UIW is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 27 ’s project management degrees in 2020-2021.

UIW also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 7,917 students enrolled at University of the Incarnate Word, 1,174 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 761 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,131. On top of their other funding sources, 87 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of the Incarnate Word offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Dallas Baptist University
Dallas, Texas

200 GI Bill® Students**

$14,924 Average GI Bill® Award

$50,033 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dallas Baptist University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Project Management. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 13 ’s project management degrees in 2020-2021.

DBU also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 4,247 students enrolled at DBU, 200 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 150 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,924. To help with additional expenses, 39 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. DBU does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Dallas Baptist University]](/colleges/dallas-baptist-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Project Management Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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.