2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Education for a Master’s
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Oregon for Education for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,719 and had an average of $23,394 in loans still to pay off.
Across Oregon, there were 795 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,103 and $24,000 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Education for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in general education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general education 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 general education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Education for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Education for a Master’s”.
Top 8 Best General Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Oregon
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Education for a Master’s. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education degrees to 173 students in 2020-2021.
Portland State University also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,127 of the 23,640 students enrolled at Portland State University were GI Bill® students, of which 739 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,835. To help with additional expenses, 100 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 Portland State University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Education for a Master’s. This large school is located in Corvallis, Oregon, and it awarded 15 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oregon State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,559 of the 32,312 students enrolled at Oregon State were GI Bill® students, of which 1,000 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,385. On top of their other funding sources, 17 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Oregon State offers credit for military training for eligible 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Education for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Oregon University landed the #3 spot on the list. Western Oregon State College is a public institution located in Monmouth, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Western Oregon State College, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking.According to our most recent data, Western Oregon University supports 4,554 students, and 187 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 89 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,651. To help with additional expenses, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Western Oregon University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Western Oregon University]](/colleges/western-oregon-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Corban University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Education for a Master’s. Corban is located in Salem, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.
Corban also took the #7 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking.Among the 1,160 students enrolled at Corban, 50 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 32 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,294. To help with additional expenses, 16 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Corban]](/colleges/corban-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Oregon University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Education for a Master’s. Located in Ashland, Oregon, this medium-sized public school awarded 21 degrees to qualified masters’s education students in 2020-2021.
Southern Oregon University also took the #8 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking.Among the 5,140 students enrolled at Southern Oregon University, 250 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 116 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,435. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Full Southern Oregon University Veteran Student Life Report
University of Portland landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Education for a Master’s ranking. This small school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 85 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Portland not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list.Among the 3,999 students enrolled at University of Portland, 107 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 49 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,239. In addition to receiving other benefits, 56 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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George Fox University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Education for a Master’s ranking. George Fox University is a small school located in Newberg, Oregon that handed out 36 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
GFU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list.According to our most recent data, George Fox University supports 4,106 students, and 145 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 77 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,462. To help with additional expenses, 28 students qualified for 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%.
Full GFU Veteran Student Life Report
With a ranking of #8, Lewis & Clark College did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Education for a Master’s list. Lewis and Clark College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Portland, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Lewis and Clark College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list.Our most recent data shows that 42 of the 3,157 students enrolled at Lewis and Clark College were GI Bill® students, of which 29 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,774. On top of their other funding sources, 18 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Lewis and Clark College 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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