2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Retail Management for a Bachelor’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Retail Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 1,008 people earned their degree in retail management, making the major the 623rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 295 retail management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 240 retail management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Retail Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in retail management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality retail management programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the retail management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The retail management school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Retail Management for a Bachelor’s”.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Retail Management for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Retail Management for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Retail Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

1

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

2,131 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Retail Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 122 bachelors’s retail management degrees in 2020-2021.

University of Arizona also took the #1 spot in our “Best Retail Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 45,601 students enrolled at University of Arizona, 2,131 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,478 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,880. To help with additional expenses, 31 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Arizona]](/colleges/university-of-arizona/student-life/veterans/)

2

University of North Texas
Denton, Texas

2,038 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Retail Management for a Bachelor’s list. UNT is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 118 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UNT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Retail Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 2,038 of the 40,953 students enrolled at UNT were GI Bill® students, of which 1,138 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,999. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full UNT Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Retail Management Bachelor’s Degree 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.