2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Restaurant/Food Services Management for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$24,800
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 in the Southeast Region for Restaurant/Food Services Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 944 people earned their degree in restaurant/food services management, making the major the 511th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 324 restaurant/food services management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 158 restaurant/food services management graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Restaurant/Food Services Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in restaurant/food services management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great restaurant/food services management 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 restaurant/food services management 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 the Southeast Region for Restaurant/Food Services Management for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree vets studying restaurant/food services management.
Top 4 Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Restaurant/Food Services Management for a Bachelor’s. UCF is a public institution located in Orlando, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UCF also took the #1 spot in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 71,881 students enrolled at UCF, 2,263 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,216 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,995. To help with additional expenses, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Central Florida]](/colleges/university-of-central-florida/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend ECPI University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Restaurant/Food Services Management for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, this fairly large private for-profit school handed out 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s restaurant/food services management students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at ECPI University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 14,353 students enrolled at ECPI University, 12 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,344. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full ECPI University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Alabama. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Restaurant/Food Services Management for a Bachelor’s. University of North Alabama is a medium-sized public school situated in Florence, Alabama. It awarded 7 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2020-2021.
UNA also took the #4 spot in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of North Alabama supports 8,086 students, and 331 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 126 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,111. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Restaurant/Food Services Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Stratford University landed the #4 spot on the list. Stratford University is a small private for-profit school situated in Fairfax, Virginia. It awarded 44 bachelors’s restaurant/food services management degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stratford University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Restaurant/Food Services Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 1,947 students enrolled at Stratford University, 35 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 34 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,079. To help with additional expenses, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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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