2023 Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
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Ranked Colleges
145
Degrees Awarded
$36,700
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 in District of Columbia for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
With 556,813 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, liberal arts / sciences and humanities is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,337 and had an average of $17,430 in loans still to pay off.
Across District of Columbia, there were 145 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,147 and $24,861 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities”.
Top 2 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities list. Georgetown University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 53 ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
Georgetown also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Our most recent data shows that 10 of the 19,371 students enrolled at Georgetown University were GI Bill® students, of which 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $30,300. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Georgetown University offers 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Georgetown University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the District of Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 56 students in 2020-2021.
University of the District of Columbia also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 3,725 students enrolled at University of the District of Columbia were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,081. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of the District of Columbia offers credit for military training for eligible students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of the District of Columbia]](/colleges/university-of-the-district-of-columbia/student-life/veterans/)
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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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