2023 Best Entrepreneurship Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Entrepreneurial Studies for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 8,484 people earned their degree in entrepreneurship, making the major the 158th most popular in the United States.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Entrepreneurial Studies for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in entrepreneurship. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality entrepreneurship programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the entrepreneurship program at the school. 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 for Entrepreneurial Studies for a Doctorate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Entrepreneurial Studies for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree vets studying entrepreneurial studies.

Top 2 Best Entrepreneurship Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

1

Baylor University
Waco, Texas

876 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baylor University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Entrepreneurial Studies for a Doctorate. This large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Baylor also took the #1 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurship Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 19,297 students enrolled at Baylor, 876 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 593 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,744. On top of their other funding sources, 263 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Baylor University]](/colleges/baylor-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

California Intercontinental University
Irvine, California

27 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$5,275 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Intercontinental University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Entrepreneurial Studies for a Doctorate list. California Intercontinental University is located in Irvine, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to qualified students.

California Intercontinental University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Entrepreneurship Doctor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 27 of the 537 students enrolled at California Intercontinental University were GI Bill® students, of which 20 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,275. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

[Read full report on veteran student life at California Intercontinental University]](/colleges/california-intercontinental-university/student-life/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.

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