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2023 Best Housing Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

1 Ranked Colleges
12 Degrees Awarded
$27,900 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Housing

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Southwest Region for Housing” ranking.

Housing is the 316th most popular major in the country with 302 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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.

Across the Southwest region, there were 12 housing graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,697 and $22,950 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great housing 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 housing program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Housing

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Housing”.

Top 1 Best Housing Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

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Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas

Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Housing that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas Tech University is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 12 ’s housing degrees in 2020-2021.

Texas Tech also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Of the 40,322 students enrolled at Texas Tech, 1,242 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 630 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,480. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Texas Tech does offer credit for military training for eligible 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

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