2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Urban Affairs
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Ranked Colleges
37
Degrees Awarded
$34,900
Avg Cost*
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 Urban Affairs” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Urban Studies/Affairs is the 346th most popular major in the country with 1,507 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Washington, there were 37 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great urban studies/affairs programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the urban studies/affairs program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Urban Affairs
The colleges and universities below are the best for washington vets studying urban affairs.
Top 1 Best Urban Studies/Affairs Colleges for Veterans in Washington
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Urban Affairs that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Tacoma Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Tacoma, Washington is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s urban affairs degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.
UW Tacoma also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Our most recent data shows that 721 of the 5,364 students enrolled at UW Tacoma were GI Bill® students, of which 417 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,084. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UW Tacoma offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
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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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