2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Public Admin for an Associate
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Public Admin for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 16,905 people earned their degree in public administration, making the major the 60th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, public administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,352 and had an average of $29,054 in loans still to pay off.
Across Texas, there were 1,035 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,145 and $26,756 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 21 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,954 and $18,599 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public administration 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 public administration program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Public Admin for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Public Admin for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Public Admin for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Public Administration Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Texas
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Antonio College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Public Admin for an Associate list. San Antonio College is a fairly large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 10 associates’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
San Antonio College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Administration Associate Degree Schools in Texas” list.Among the 19,231 students enrolled at San Antonio College, 2,054 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,362 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,249. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. San Antonio College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at San Antonio College]](/colleges/san-antonio-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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