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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 the Middle Atlantic Region for Family and Community Services for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
Family & Community Services is the 377th most popular major in the country with 1,401 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 210 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 186 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Family and Community Services for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in family and community services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great family and community services programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the family and community services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 the Middle Atlantic Region for Family and Community Services for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Family and Community Services for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Family and Community Services for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Family and Community Services for a Bachelor’s list. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 108 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2020-2021.
UMCP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Of the 40,709 students enrolled at University of Maryland - College Park, 16 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 13 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,716. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevenson University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Family and Community Services for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Stevenson, Maryland, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree vets studying family and community services list, Stevenson has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Of the 3,492 students enrolled at Stevenson, 125 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 65 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,525. To help with additional expenses, 40 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Stevenson offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Stevenson]](/colleges/stevenson-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Messiah University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Family and Community Services for a Bachelor’s. Located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 34 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family and community services students in 2020-2021.
Messiah not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 72 of the 3,370 students enrolled at Messiah University were GI Bill® students, of which 45 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,642. To help with additional expenses, 20 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Messiah University]](/colleges/messiah-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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