2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions
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Ranked Colleges
8
Degrees Awarded
$39,600
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Virginia for Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions is the 586th most popular major in the country with 588 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Virginia, there were 8 other public administration and social service professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other public administration and social service professions programs and a strong support system for 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 other public administration and social service professions program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions”.
Top 1 Best Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions Colleges for Veterans in Virginia
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions. Located in Fairfax, Virginia, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified ’s other public administration and social service professions students in 2020-2021.
GMU also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 38,541 students enrolled at GMU, 2,334 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,583 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,710. During this same period, 42 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. GMU offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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.