2023 Best General Writing Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Degrees Awarded
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 General Writing for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 856 people earned their degree in general writing, making the major the 500th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 99 general writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 74 general writing graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Writing for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general writing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general writing programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general writing program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Writing for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Writing for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 3 Best General Writing Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Writing for a Bachelor’s. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general writing students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at TCU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Writing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Among the 11,379 students enrolled at Texas Christian University, 520 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 405 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $23,096. On top of their other funding sources, 343 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Full Texas Christian University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Writing for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #2 spot on the list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general writing degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.
UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Writing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Of the 50,476 students enrolled at UT Austin, 7 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,893. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Writing for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Edward’s University landed the #3 spot on the list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general writing degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
St. Edward’s University also made our “Best General Writing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3.According to our most recent data, Saint Edward’s University supports 3,591 students, and 170 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 141 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $28,263. During this same period, 79 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Saint Edward’s University does offer 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at St. Edward’s University]](/colleges/saint-edwards-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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