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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 has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Family and Community Services for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,401 people earned their degree in family and community services, making the major the 377th most popular in the United States.
Across Alabama, there were 34 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,756 and $28,178 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality family and community services programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the family and community services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Family and Community Services for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Family and Community Services for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Family and Community Services for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Family and Community Services for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our alabama bachelor’s degree vets studying family and community services list, UA has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking.Among the 37,840 students enrolled at UA, 2,081 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,128 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,975. During this same period, 357 students received scholarships 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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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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