2023 Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
15
Degrees Awarded
$37,500
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 74 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality financial planning and services programs as well as strong veteran support.
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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 in the Southwest Region for Financial Planning for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Financial Planning for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying financial planning.
Top 1 Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Financial Planning for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s financial planning degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 2,131 of the 45,601 students enrolled at University of Arizona were GI Bill® students, of which 1,478 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,880. In addition to receiving other benefits, 31 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Arizona does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Arizona]](/colleges/university-of-arizona/student-life/veterans/)
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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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