2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Consumer Science for an Associate
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Consumer Science for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,906 people earned their degree in general family and consumer sciences, making the major the 168th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general family and consumer sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,445 and had an average of $27,314 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 782 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,741 and $17,068 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 28 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general family and consumer sciences 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 general family and consumer sciences 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 Consumer Science for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Consumer Science for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Associate 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 Consumer Science for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, San Joaquin Delta College landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Stockton, California, and it awarded 11 associates’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our far western us region associate degree vets studying consumer science list, Delta has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Of the 18,224 students enrolled at San Joaquin Delta College, 151 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 43 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $812. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Delta]](/colleges/san-joaquin-delta-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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