2023 Most Veteran Friendly for General Studies for a Doctorate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$24,400
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for General Studies for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
With 129,869 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, general studies is the 5th most popular major in the United States.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general studies 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 general studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly for General Studies for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons 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 for General Studies for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for General Studies for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best General Studies Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for General Studies for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s general studies degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Main Campus, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 14,227 students enrolled at NMSU Main Campus, 620 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 285 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,880. 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.
Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus 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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