2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Specialized Marketing for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$31,690
Avg Salary
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 Far Western US Region for Specialized Marketing for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 5,191 people earned their degree in specialized sales, merchandising and marketing, making the major the 138th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,431 and had an average of $30,391 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 401 specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,336 and $32,657 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 42 specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Specialized Marketing for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in specialized sales, merchandising and marketing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent specialized sales, merchandising and marketing programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the specialized sales, merchandising and marketing program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Specialized Marketing for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Specialized Marketing for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 3 Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Specialized Marketing for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in San Francisco, California, this medium-sized private for-profit school awarded 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s specialized marketing students in 2020-2021.
Academy of Art University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,287 of the 8,928 students enrolled at Academy of Art University were GI Bill® students, of which 1,016 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,275. To help with additional expenses, 257 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle Pacific University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Specialized Marketing for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
SPU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Seattle Pacific University supports 3,601 students, and 187 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 121 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $19,763. On top of their other funding sources, 78 students qualified for 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Woodbury University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Specialized Marketing for a Bachelor’s. Woodbury is located in Burbank, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s specialized marketing degrees to qualified students.
Woodbury not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.According to our most recent data, Woodbury supports 1,132 students, and 45 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 29 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,671. On top of their other funding sources, 11 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Woodbury offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.
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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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