2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Consumer Science for a Bachelor’s
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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 Pennsylvania for Consumer Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Family & Consumer Sciences is the 168th most popular major in the country with 2,906 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Pennsylvania, there were 2 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general family and consumer sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general family and consumer sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Consumer Science for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Consumer Science for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree vets studying consumer science.
Top 1 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Consumer Science for a Bachelor’s. This medium-sized school is located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
IUP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list.Our most recent data shows that 298 of the 10,037 students enrolled at IUP were GI Bill® students, of which 109 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,600. During this same period, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. IUP offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus 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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