2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Financial Planning for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Financial Planning for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
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 Texas, there were 58 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 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.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the financial planning and services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Financial Planning for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Financial Planning for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Texas
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Financial Planning for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s financial planning students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 327 of the 12,373 students enrolled at SMU were GI Bill® students, of which 215 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,612. On top of their other funding sources, 103 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Southern Methodist University]](/colleges/southern-methodist-university/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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