2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Urban Affairs for a Master’s
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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 has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Urban Affairs for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,507 people earned their degree in urban studies/affairs, making the major the 346th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 73 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
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.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Urban Affairs for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Urban Affairs for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Urban Studies/Affairs Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Urban Affairs for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 4 masters’s urban affairs degrees in 2020-2021.
UNOMAHA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Urban Studies/Affairs Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Among the 15,892 students enrolled at University of Nebraska at Omaha, 928 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 488 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,364. In addition to receiving other benefits, 75 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Nebraska at Omaha 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%.
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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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