2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Child Development for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
27
Degrees Awarded
$26,600
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Child Development for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 4,641 people earned their degree in child development, making the major the 239th most popular in the United States.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 66 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent child development programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the child development program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Child Development for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree vets studying child development.
Top 1 Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Child Development for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. IUP is a medium-sized public school situated in Indiana, Pennsylvania. It awarded 25 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
IUP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list.Of the 10,037 students enrolled at IUP, 298 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 109 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,600. During this same period, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. IUP offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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