2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Human Development and Family Studies
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Ranked Colleges
353
Degrees Awarded
$36,200
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Human Development and Family Studies” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Human Development & Family Studies is the 88th most popular major in the country with 9,497 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 353 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general human development and family studies programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general human development and family studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Human Development and Family Studies” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Human Development and Family Studies
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Human Development and Family Studies”.
Top 1 Best General Human Development & Family Studies Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Human Development and Family Studies list. Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 38 ’s human development and family studies degrees to qualified students.
Temple not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 830 of the 37,236 students enrolled at Temple University were GI Bill® students, of which 510 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,479. During this same period, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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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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