2023 Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Ethnic Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Ethnic Studies is the 523rd most popular major in the country with 673 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 362 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 198 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Ethnic Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in ethnic studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ethnic 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 ethnic studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Ethnic Studies for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Ethnic Studies for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

1

University of California - Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California

273 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$8,631 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Santa Cruz. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Ethnic Studies for a Bachelor’s. UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 48 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to qualified students.

UC Santa Cruz also took the #2 spot in our “Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 273 of the 19,161 students enrolled at University of California - Santa Cruz were GI Bill® students, of which 114 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,631. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 UC Santa Cruz Veteran Student Life Report

2

University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon

582 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Ethnic Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Oregon is a public institution located in Eugene, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 582 of the 21,752 students enrolled at UO were GI Bill® students, of which 314 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,688. On top of their other funding sources, 25 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Oregon]](/colleges/university-of-oregon/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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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