2023 Best Curriculum & Instruction Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Curriculum & Instruction for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 19,832 people earned their degree in curriculum and instruction, making the major the 46th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 curriculum and instruction graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Curriculum & Instruction for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in curriculum and instruction. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great curriculum and instruction programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the curriculum and instruction program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Curriculum & Instruction for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree vets studying curriculum & instruction.

Top 2 Best Curriculum & Instruction Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

1

University of Akron Main Campus
Akron, Ohio

2 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Curriculum & Instruction for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Akron, Ohio that handed out 16 bachelors’s curriculum and instruction degrees in 2020-2021.

University of Akron Main Campus also took the #1 spot in our “Best Curriculum & Instruction Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 16,094 students enrolled at University of Akron Main Campus, 2 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,240. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full University of Akron Main Campus Veteran Student Life Report

2

Lasell University
Newton, Massachusetts

58 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$8,225 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lasell University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Curriculum & Instruction for a Bachelor’s. Lasell is a small school located in Newton, Massachusetts that handed out 5 bachelors’s curriculum and instruction degrees in 2020-2021.

Lasell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Curriculum & Instruction Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, Lasell supports 1,951 students, and 58 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 $8,225. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Lasell offers credit for military training for eligible students.

Full Lasell University Veteran Student Life Report

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

Footnotes

• *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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