2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for African American Studies for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 the Far Western US Region for African American Studies for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
African American Studies is the 389th most popular major in the country with 1,196 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 251 African American studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent African American studies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 African American studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for African American Studies for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for African American Studies for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best African American Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for African American Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large public school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s African American studies students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCLA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best African American Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Of the 44,589 students enrolled at University of California - Los Angeles, 7 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,071. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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 96%.
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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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