2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Land Use Planning and Management/Development

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 Land Use Planning and Management/Development” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Land Use Planning & Management/Development is the 1060th most popular major in the country with 72 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Land Use Planning and Management/Development” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in land use planning and management/development. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent land use planning and management/development programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 land use planning and management/development program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly for Land Use Planning and Management/Development” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Land Use Planning and Management/Development

The colleges and universities below are the best for vets studying land use planning and management/development.

Top 2 Best Land Use Planning & Management/Development Colleges for Veterans

1

University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, Maryland

16 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$1,716 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Land Use Planning and Management/Development. This large school is located in College Park, Maryland, and it awarded 16 ’s land use planning and management/development degrees in 2020-2021.

UMCP also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 40,709 students enrolled at University of Maryland - College Park, 16 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 13 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,716. To help with additional expenses, 8 students received funds through 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia

1,033 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$8,599 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Land Use Planning and Management/Development. WVU is a large school located in Morgantown, West Virginia that handed out 26 ’s land use planning and management/development degrees in 2020-2021.

WVU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.According to our most recent data, West Virginia University supports 26,269 students, and 1,033 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 458 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,599. During this same period, 66 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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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

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Brian M. Powell.