2023 Best Financial Planning & Services Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Financial Planning for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Financial Planning & Services is the 430th most popular major in the country with 4,087 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 14 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Financial Planning for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in financial planning and services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great financial planning and services programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the financial planning and services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Financial Planning for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree vets studying financial planning.
Top 2 Best Financial Planning & Services Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Community College of Rhode Island. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Financial Planning for an Associate. CCRI is located in Warwick, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 associates’s financial planning degrees to qualified students.
CCRI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Associate Degree Schools” list.Of the 13,684 students enrolled at CCRI, 408 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 199 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,417. 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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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Financial Planning for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Berkeley College - New York landed the #2 spot on the list. Berkeley College - New York is located in New York, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 associates’s financial planning degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Berkeley College - New York, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Financial Planning & Services Associate Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 5 of the 2,376 students enrolled at Berkeley College - New York were GI Bill® students, of which 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,053. During this same period, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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