2023 Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for General Literature for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$42,000
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 General Literature for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Literature is the 735th most popular major in the country with 263 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across District of Columbia, there were 23 general literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 general literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,584 and $27,317 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general literature programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general literature program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for General Literature for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for General Literature for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best General Literature Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for General Literature for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #1 spot on the list. American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 22 bachelors’s general literature degrees in 2020-2021.
The American University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list.According to our most recent data, American University supports 14,001 students, and 613 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 388 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,027. To help with additional expenses, 206 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 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%.
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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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