2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Museology/Museum Studies

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 the Far Western US Region for Museology/Museum Studies” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 816 people earned their degree in museology/museum studies, making the major the 561st most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 68 museology/museum studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Museology/Museum Studies” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in museology/museum studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great museology/museum studies programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the museology/museum studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Museology/Museum Studies

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Museology/Museum Studies”.

Top 2 Best Museology/Museum Studies Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

1,283 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$14,190 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Museology/Museum Studies that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 34 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UW Seattle not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Among the 48,149 students enrolled at UW Seattle, 1,283 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 769 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,190. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UW Seattle]](/colleges/university-of-washington-seattle-campus/student-life/veterans/)

2

University of San Francisco
San Francisco, California

6 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$19,232 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of San Francisco. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Museology/Museum Studies list. San Francisco, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s museology/museum studies degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.

USFCA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Of the 10,068 students enrolled at University of San Francisco, 6 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,232. On top of their other funding sources, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%.

Full USFCA Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Museology/Museum Studies Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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.