2023 Best Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Southeast Region for Area Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Area Studies is the 115th most popular major in the country with 6,966 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, area studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,127 and had an average of $20,927 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 983 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,290 and $20,478 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 807 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Area Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in area studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great area studies programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the area studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Area Studies for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree vets studying area studies.
Top 9 Best Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Area Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #1 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 219 bachelors’s area studies degrees to qualified students.
UNC Chapel Hill not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Among the 30,092 students enrolled at UNC Chapel Hill, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full UNC Chapel Hill Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William & Mary. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Area Studies for a Bachelor’s list. William & Mary is a medium-sized public school situated in Williamsburg, Virginia. It awarded 51 bachelors’s area studies degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at William & Mary, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 8,939 students enrolled at William & Mary, 531 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 349 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,978. To help with additional expenses, 5 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. William & Mary does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Area Studies for a Bachelor’s. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this large public school handed out 60 degrees to qualified bachelors’s area studies students in 2020-2021.
VCU also made our “Best Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6.According to our most recent data, VCU supports 29,070 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 2 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,085. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
Full Virginia Commonwealth University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Area Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Florida State University is located in Tallahassee, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s area studies degrees to qualified students.
Florida State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Of the 43,569 students enrolled at Florida State, 8 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 8 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,819. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Florida State offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Florida State Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Area Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #5 spot on the list. Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s area studies degrees to qualified students.
Duke did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Of the 16,172 students enrolled at Duke, 36 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,387. To help with additional expenses, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Duke University Veteran Student Life Report
University of Louisville came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Area Studies for a Bachelor’s ranking. Louisville, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s area studies degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
UofL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Of the 22,211 students enrolled at University of Louisville, 17 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $25,972. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 UofL]](/colleges/university-of-louisville/student-life/veterans/)
University of North Carolina at Charlotte came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Area Studies for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a large public school situated in Charlotte, North Carolina. It awarded 10 bachelors’s area studies degrees in 2020-2021.
UNC Charlotte also took the #9 spot in our “Best Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 30,146 students enrolled at UNC Charlotte, 1,476 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 642 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,691. During this same period, 13 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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 University of North Carolina at Charlotte]](/colleges/university-of-north-carolina-at-charlotte/student-life/veterans/)
With a ranking of #8, University of Richmond did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Area Studies for a Bachelor’s list. University of Richmond is a small private not-for-profit school situated in University of Richmond, Virginia. It awarded 19 bachelors’s area studies degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at URichmond, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 4,056 students enrolled at URichmond, 51 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 19 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,556. In addition to receiving other benefits, 15 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 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%.
Full URichmond Veteran Student Life Report
With a ranking of #9, Emory University did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Area Studies for a Bachelor’s list. Emory is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Emory did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 13,997 students enrolled at Emory University were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Emory]](/colleges/emory-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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