2023 Best Area Studies, Other Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Area Studies, Other for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 775 people earned their degree in area studies, other, making the major the 492nd most popular in the United States.
Across California, there were 93 area studies, other graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent area studies, other 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 area studies, other program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 California for Area Studies, Other for a Doctorate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Area Studies, Other for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree vets studying area studies, other.
Top 1 Best Area Studies, Other Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Area Studies, Other for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the #1 spot on the list. Stanford is a private not-for-profit institution located in Stanford, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stanford, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Area Studies, Other Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.According to our most recent data, Stanford supports 15,953 students, and 188 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 118 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,909. To help with additional expenses, 61 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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