2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Development and Aging for an Associate
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 for Adult Development and Aging for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 299 people earned their degree in adult development and aging, making the major the 877th most popular in the United States.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 72 adult development and aging graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent adult development and aging 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 adult development and aging program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Development and Aging for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree vets studying adult development and aging.
Top 1 Best Adult Development & Aging Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Shore Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Adult Development and Aging for an Associate. North Shore Community College is a small school located in Danvers, Massachusetts that handed out 8 associates’s adult development and aging degrees in 2020-2021.
North Shore Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Adult Development & Aging Associate Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 4,783 students enrolled at North Shore Community College, 231 are 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. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through 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 North Shore Community College]](/colleges/north-shore-community-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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