2023 Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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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 Far Western US Region for Financial Planning for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 4,087 people earned their degree in financial planning and services, making the major the 430th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 63 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the financial planning and services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Financial Planning for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Financial Planning for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Fox University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Financial Planning for a Bachelor’s list. GFU is located in Newberg, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s financial planning degrees to qualified students.
GFU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Among the 4,106 students enrolled at George Fox University, 145 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 77 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,462. In addition to receiving other benefits, 28 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
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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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