2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management for a Bachelor’s

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In 2020-2021, 1,058 people earned their degree in purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management, making the major the 461st most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 161 purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

1

Athens State University
Athens, Alabama

144 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$4,326 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Athens State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Athens, Alabama, this small public school handed out 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Athens State University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 144 of the 2,867 students enrolled at Athens State University were GI Bill® students, of which 72 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,326. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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Northwest Florida State College
Niceville, Florida

829 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$2,049 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Florida State College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management for a Bachelor’s list. NWFSC is a small school located in Niceville, Florida that handed out 22 bachelors’s purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management degrees in 2020-2021.

NWFSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Among the 5,004 students enrolled at NWFSC, 829 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 526 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,049. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. NWFSC does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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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

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.