2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Public Administration & Social Service is the 14th most popular major in the country with 98,583 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, public administration and social service graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $40,520 and had an average of $27,642 in loans still to pay off.
Across Idaho, there were 629 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,543 and $27,649 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration and social service. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration and social service 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 public administration and social service program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for idaho master’s degree vets studying public administration & social service.
Top 2 Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Idaho
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s list. Boise State is a large school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 269 masters’s public administration and social service degrees in 2020-2021.
Boise State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,134 of the 24,069 students enrolled at Boise State were GI Bill® students, of which 798 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,559. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Boise State 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%.
Full Boise State Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Nazarene University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s list. NNU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nampa, Idaho. The school has a small population, and it awarded 53 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NNU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking.Among the 2,109 students enrolled at Northwest Nazarene University, 80 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 57 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,130. On top of their other funding sources, 5 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
Full Northwest Nazarene University Veteran Student Life Report
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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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