2023 Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$23,500
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Investments and Securities for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 346 people earned their degree in investments and securities, making the major the 869th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 61 investments and securities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 41 investments and securities graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Investments and Securities for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in investments and securities. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great investments and securities 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 investments and securities program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Investments and Securities for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Investments and Securities for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Investments and Securities for a Bachelor’s list. University of North Dakota is a fairly large school located in Grand Forks, North Dakota that handed out 18 bachelors’s investments and securities degrees in 2020-2021.
UND did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of North Dakota supports 13,615 students, and 796 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 395 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,112. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of North Dakota does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of North Dakota]](/colleges/university-of-north-dakota/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Investments and Securities for a Bachelor’s list. Cedar Falls, Iowa is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s investments and securities degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNI, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Among the 9,507 students enrolled at University of Northern Iowa, 251 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 99 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,033. During this same period, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Northern Iowa offers credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Full University of Northern Iowa Veteran Student Life Report
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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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