2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Publishing for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
87
Degrees Awarded
$28,600
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Publishing for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Publishing is the 299th most popular major in the country with 336 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, publishing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,066 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 87 publishing graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Publishing for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in publishing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality publishing programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the publishing program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Publishing for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree vets studying publishing.
Top 4 Best Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Publishing for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Belmont University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s publishing degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying publishing list, Belmont has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 8,204 students enrolled at Belmont, 343 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 227 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,102. During this same period, 146 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 Belmont University]](/colleges/belmont-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Publishing for a Bachelor’s. BYU is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 43 bachelors’s publishing degrees in 2020-2021.
BYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 368 of the 36,461 students enrolled at Brigham Young University - Provo were GI Bill® students, of which 220 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,856. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Full BYU Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Publishing for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The Master’s University and Seminary landed the #3 spot on the list. The Master’s University and Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Santa Clarita, California. It awarded 4 bachelors’s publishing degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying publishing list, The Master’s University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, The Master’s University supports 2,449 students, and 17 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 14 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,888. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 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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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Publishing for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornerstone University landed the #4 spot on the list. Cornerstone is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It awarded 2 bachelors’s publishing degrees in 2020-2021.
Cornerstone did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 1,917 students enrolled at Cornerstone, 61 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 35 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,056. During this same period, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Cornerstone offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Full Cornerstone 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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