2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Development Economics and International Development for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Development Economics and International Development for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 593 people earned their degree in development economics and international development, making the major the 536th most popular in the United States.
Across Washington, there were 21 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 21 development economics and international development graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,905 and $22,558 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality development economics and international development programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the development economics and international development program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Development Economics and International Development for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for washington bachelor’s degree vets studying development economics and international development.
Top 1 Best Development Economics & International Development Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Washington
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Development Economics and International Development for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle Pacific University landed the #1 spot on the list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s development economics and international development degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SPU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Development Economics & International Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 187 of the 3,601 students enrolled at SPU were GI Bill® students, of which 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. On top of their other funding sources, 78 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. SPU 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%.
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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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