2023 Best Security Science and Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Virginia
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Ranked Colleges
158
Degrees Awarded
$22,400
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Virginia for Security Science and Technology for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Security Science and Technology is the 123rd most popular major in the country with 6,888 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, security science and technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.
Across Virginia, there were 369 security science and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 158 security science and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,553 and $27,844 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality security science and technology programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the security science and technology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 in Virginia for Security Science and Technology for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Security Science and Technology for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Security Science and Technology for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Security Science and Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Virginia
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Security Science and Technology for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s security science and technology degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Regent, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Security Science and Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking.Among the 10,483 students enrolled at Regent, 1,414 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,139 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,203. To help with additional expenses, 42 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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