2023 Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Public Admin for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Public Administration is the 60th most popular major in the country with 16,905 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 the Far Western US region, there were 2,595 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,174 and $28,864 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Public Admin for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public administration program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Public Admin for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Public Admin for a Doctorate”.
Top 2 Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of La Verne. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Public Admin for a Doctorate list. La Verne, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s public admin degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
ULV also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Among the 6,983 students enrolled at University of La Verne, 10 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,536. During this same period, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Public Admin for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, California Baptist University landed the #2 spot on the list. California Baptist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Riverside, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Cal Baptist not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 532 of the 11,317 students enrolled at Cal Baptist were GI Bill® students, of which 390 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,716. During this same period, 162 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Cal Baptist offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Cal Baptist]](/colleges/california-baptist-university/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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