2023 Best Adult & Continuing Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 the Southwest Region 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.
Across the Southwest region, there were 205 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality adult and continuing education programs as well as strong veteran support.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Adult and Continuing Ed for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Adult and Continuing Ed for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Adult and Continuing Ed for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Adult & Continuing Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma Christian University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Adult and Continuing Ed for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southwest region 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 in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 2,055 students enrolled at OC, 81 were 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 $13,775. On top of their other funding sources, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. OC offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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 Oklahoma Christian University]](/colleges/oklahoma-christian-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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