2023 Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Education Admin for a Master’s
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 District of Columbia for Education Admin for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Educational Administration is the 27th most popular major in the country with 46,469 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, educational administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $61,457 and had an average of $32,661 in loans still to pay off.
Across District of Columbia, there were 355 educational administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,554 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Education Admin for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in educational administration. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent educational administration programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the educational administration program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Education Admin for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree vets studying education admin.
Top 4 Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Education Admin for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. George Washington University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 43 masters’s education admin degrees in 2020-2021.
GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 27,017 students enrolled at GWU were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,185. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at George Washington University]](/colleges/george-washington-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Education Admin for a Master’s list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s education admin degrees to 101 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at The American University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking.Among the 14,001 students enrolled at American University, 613 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 388 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,027. In addition to receiving other benefits, 206 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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 The American University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Education Admin for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #3 spot on the list. Howard University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 9 masters’s education admin degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Howard, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking.According to our most recent data, Howard supports 10,859 students, and 342 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 136 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,339. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity Washington University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Education Admin for a Master’s list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 14 degrees to qualified masters’s education admin students in 2020-2021.
Trinity College also made our “Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #4.Among the 1,846 students enrolled at Trinity College, 27 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,987. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Trinity College]](/colleges/trinity-washington-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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