2023 Best Development Economics & International Development Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Development Economics and International Development for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Development Economics & International Development is the 536th most popular major in the country with 593 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 139 development economics and international development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 139 development economics and international development graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Development Economics and International Development for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in development economics and international development. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent development economics and international development 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 development economics and international development 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 the Far Western US Region for Development Economics and International Development for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Development Economics and International Development for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Development Economics & International Development Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

1

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

7 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Development Economics and International Development for a Bachelor’s list. UCLA is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 116 bachelors’s development economics and international development degrees in 2020-2021.

UCLA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Development Economics & International Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 7 of the 44,589 students enrolled at UCLA were GI Bill® students, of which 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,071. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full University of California - Los Angeles Veteran Student Life Report

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Seattle Pacific University
Seattle, Washington

187 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$19,763 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Development Economics and International Development for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle Pacific University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s development economics and international development degrees in 2020-2021.

SPU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Development Economics & International Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Of the 3,601 students enrolled at Seattle Pacific University, 187 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 121 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $19,763. During this same period, 78 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Seattle Pacific University offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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 Seattle Pacific University]](/colleges/seattle-pacific-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Development Economics & International Development Bachelor’s Degree 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.

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