2023 Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Housing for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 302 people earned their degree in housing, making the major the 316th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, housing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,369 and had an average of $23,582 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 153 housing graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Housing for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in housing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality housing programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the housing program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Housing for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Housing for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 7 Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Housing for a Bachelor’s. University of Missouri - Columbia is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s housing degrees to qualified students.
Mizzou also took the #2 spot in our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Missouri - Columbia supports 31,089 students, and 5 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,384. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Missouri - Columbia offers credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Mizzou]](/colleges/university-of-missouri-columbia/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Housing for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #2 spot on the list. UGA is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 34 bachelors’s housing degrees in 2020-2021.
UGA also made our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Of the 39,147 students enrolled at UGA, 9 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,402. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UGA]](/colleges/university-of-georgia/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri State University - Springfield. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Housing for a Bachelor’s. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s housing degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
Missouri State also made our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4.According to our most recent data, Missouri State University - Springfield supports 23,505 students, and 5 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,830. To help with additional expenses, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Housing for a Bachelor’s. Located in Athens, Ohio, this large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s housing students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at OHIO Athens, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 25,714 students enrolled at Ohio University - Athens Campus, 726 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 324 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,725. In addition to receiving other benefits, 10 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full Ohio University - Athens Campus Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Housing for a Bachelor’s list. University of Akron Main Campus is a public institution located in Akron, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Akron Main Campus also made our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6.Of the 16,094 students enrolled at University of Akron Main Campus, 2 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,240. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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Brigham Young University - Provo did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Housing for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. BYU is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s housing degrees to qualified students.
BYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 368 of the 36,461 students enrolled at BYU were GI Bill® students, of which 220 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,856. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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New York City College of Technology landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Housing for a Bachelor’s ranking. This fairly large school is located in Brooklyn, New York, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s housing degrees in 2020-2021.
City Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Housing Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 15,513 students enrolled at New York City College of Technology, 192 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 124 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,849. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full City Tech Veteran Student Life Report
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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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