2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Disability Studies for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
63
Degrees Awarded
$30,500
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Disability Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 348 people earned their degree in disability studies, making the major the 899th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 63 disability studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality disability studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the disability studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Disability Studies for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Disability Studies for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Disability Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Disability Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified bachelors’s disability studies students in 2020-2021.
UIC also made our “Best Disability Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 33,518 students enrolled at University of Illinois at Chicago were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $23,878. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Illinois at Chicago offers 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%.
Full University of Illinois at Chicago Veteran Student Life Report
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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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