2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Retailing and Retail Operations for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
42
Degrees Awarded
$27,900
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Southwest Region for Retailing and Retail Operations for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,025 people earned their degree in retailing and retail operations, making the major the 515th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 51 retailing and retail operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 42 retailing and retail operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality retailing and retail operations programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the retailing and retail operations program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Retailing and Retail Operations for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Retailing and Retail Operations for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Retailing and Retail Operations for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Retailing and Retail Operations Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Retailing and Retail Operations for a Bachelor’s list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s retailing and retail operations degrees to 42 students in 2020-2021.
Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Retailing and Retail Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.According to our most recent data, Texas Tech University supports 40,322 students, and 1,242 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 630 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,480. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Texas Tech]](/colleges/texas-tech-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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