2023 Best Adult & Continuing Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 for Adult and Continuing Ed for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Adult & Continuing Education is the 432nd most popular major in the country with 1,074 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent adult and continuing education 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 adult and continuing education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
More Ways to Rank Adult & Continuing Education Schools
The adult and continuing ed school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly for Adult and Continuing Ed for a Bachelor’s”.
One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
Most Veteran Friendly for Adult and Continuing Ed for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Adult and Continuing Ed for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Adult & Continuing Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Adult and Continuing Ed for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Christian University landed the #1 spot on the list. OC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying adult and continuing ed list, OC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 81 of the 2,055 students enrolled at OC were GI Bill® students, of which 49 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,775. On top of their other funding sources, 8 students received funds 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%.
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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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