2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Urban Affairs for a Master’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Urban Affairs for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Urban Studies/Affairs is the 346th most popular major in the country with 1,507 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 465 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Urban Affairs for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in urban studies/affairs. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent urban studies/affairs 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 urban studies/affairs program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The urban affairs school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Urban Affairs for a Master’s”.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Urban Affairs for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree vets studying urban affairs.

Top 2 Best Urban Studies/Affairs Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

1,311 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Urban Affairs for a Master’s list. USC is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 77 masters’s urban affairs degrees to qualified students.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban Studies/Affairs Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Of the 46,287 students enrolled at USC, 1,311 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 862 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,487. On top of their other funding sources, 388 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. USC does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Southern California]](/colleges/university-of-southern-california/student-life/veterans/)

2

University of San Francisco
San Francisco, California

6 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Urban Affairs for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Francisco landed the #2 spot on the list. USFCA is a fairly large school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 7 masters’s urban affairs degrees in 2020-2021.

USFCA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Urban Studies/Affairs Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 6 of the 10,068 students enrolled at USFCA were GI Bill® students, of which 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,232. To help with additional expenses, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. USFCA does offer 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 USFCA]](/colleges/university-of-san-francisco/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Urban Studies/Affairs Master’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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Andrew Bossi.