2023 Best Adult Development & Aging Colleges for Veterans
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Ranked Colleges
299
Degrees Awarded
$22,500
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 for Adult Development and Aging” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 299 people earned their degree in adult development and aging, making the major the 877th most popular in the United States.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Development and Aging” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in adult development and aging. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality adult development and aging 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 adult development and aging program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Development and Aging
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Development and Aging”.
Top 3 Best Adult Development & Aging Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Development and Aging list. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large public school situated in Ypsilanti, Michigan. It awarded 8 ’s adult development and aging degrees in 2020-2021.
Eastern Michigan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.According to our most recent data, Eastern Michigan supports 16,294 students, and 486 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 265 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,462. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Shore Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Development and Aging. North Shore Community College is located in Danvers, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 ’s adult development and aging degrees to qualified students.
North Shore Community College also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Of the 4,783 students enrolled at North Shore Community College, 231 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 186 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,024. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. North Shore Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Development and Aging that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out ’s adult development and aging degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UOPX - Arizona, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, UOPX - Arizona supports 89,763 students, and 135 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 157 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,437. During this same period, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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