2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Human Development and Family Studies for a Bachelor’s

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 in Virginia for Human Development and Family Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Human Development & Family Studies is the 88th most popular major in the country with 9,497 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Virginia, there were 309 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 295 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,553 and $27,844 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Human Development and Family Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general human development and family studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general human development and family studies programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general human development and family studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Human Development and Family Studies for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Human Development and Family Studies for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 3 Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Virginia

1

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

119 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Human Development and Family Studies for a Bachelor’s. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 221 bachelors’s human development and family studies degrees to qualified students.

Virginia Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking.According to our most recent data, Virginia Tech supports 37,024 students, and 119 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 108 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,314. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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%.

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2

Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

13,282 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Human Development and Family Studies for a Bachelor’s list. Liberty University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Liberty University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list.According to our most recent data, Liberty University supports 93,349 students, and 13,282 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 8,897 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,888. In addition to receiving other benefits, 386 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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3

Southern Virginia University
Buena Vista, Virginia

30 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$8,806 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Virginia University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Human Development and Family Studies for a Bachelor’s list. Buena Vista, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s human development and family studies degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.

SVU also made our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #3.According to our most recent data, SVU supports 1,140 students, and 30 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 21 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,806. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. SVU does offer 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

Footnotes

• *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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