2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Consumer Economics for an Associate
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Consumer Economics for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,454 people earned their degree in family and consumer economics, making the major the 211th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, family and consumer economics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,903 and had an average of $24,231 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 393 family and consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,123 and $25,792 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 family and consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great family and consumer economics 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 family and consumer economics program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 Southeast Region for Consumer Economics for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Consumer Economics for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree vets studying consumer economics.
Top 1 Best Family & Consumer Economics Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Crescent Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Consumer Economics for an Associate list. Southern Crescent Technical College is a public institution located in Griffin, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Southern Crescent Technical College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Economics Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 5,232 students enrolled at Southern Crescent Technical College, 299 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 119 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,711. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Southern Crescent Technical College]](/colleges/southern-crescent-technical-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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