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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 292 people earned their degree in other family and consumer economics and related services, making the major the 702nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 274 other family and consumer economics and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 263 other family and consumer economics and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other family and consumer economics and related services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other family and consumer economics and related services 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 other family and consumer economics and related services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree vets studying other family & consumer economics & related services.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school handed out 79 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other family and consumer economics and related services students in 2020-2021.
UMN Twin Cities did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Among the 52,017 students enrolled at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 752 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 436 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,020. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full UMN Twin Cities Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #2 spot on the list. UNL is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 138 bachelors’s other family and consumer economics and related services degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNL, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 690 of the 25,108 students enrolled at UNL were GI Bill® students, of which 344 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,374. On top of their other funding sources, 79 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UNL offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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 Nebraska - Lincoln Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services for a Bachelor’s list. University of Nebraska at Kearney is a medium-sized school located in Kearney, Nebraska that handed out 46 bachelors’s other family and consumer economics and related services degrees in 2020-2021.
UNK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Of the 6,225 students enrolled at University of Nebraska at Kearney, 183 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 71 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,539. To help with additional expenses, 12 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Nebraska at Kearney does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
Full UNK Veteran Student Life Report
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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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