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Salary Score Rankings for Schools With Most Student Veterans

The Post 9/11 GI Bill^® — named and partially modeled after the original GI Bill^®, implemented after World War II — is meant to provide assistance to those who served in the Afghanistan War, the Iraq War, or otherwise were on active duty after September 10, 2001. The benefits apply to veterans in and from 56 states and U.S. territories. The table below has other metrics showing the scale and reach of the legislation.

Post 9/11 GI Bill^® by the Numbers, for Student Veterans

Of the almost 14,700 schools which have student veterans attending on the GI Bill^®, there are some that particularly stand out in terms of career outcomes after graduation, such as online schools Excelsior College, the American Public University System, and Capella University.

In theory, colleges can lose their ability to enroll students using GI Bill^® funds if they fall out of compliance with certain standards. In March 2020, the Department of Veterans Affairs represent alumni salaries after graduation within specific programs and degree levels. To calculate a school’s overall Salary Score by level, we compared alumni earnings for each individual program to the same programs at schools across the country. You can learn more about this unique data point we use here.

The Veteran Success on Campus (VSOC) program is the least prevalent on college campuses, with less than 150 campuses with VSOC’s specific advantages for student veterans. These include a vocational counseling program run by a Veteran’s Administration (VA) staffer.

Another well-known group of colleges and universities are those that qualify as Yellow Ribbon schools. These institutions have committed to providing services or funding above and beyond those required by the Post-9/11 GI Bill^®.

The most prevalent program at schools is the Principles of Excellence, which can be found at over 10,000, or almost half, of all campuses that apply for PoE approval.

However the program that has touched the most number of student veterans is the Department of Defense Tuition Assistance program, which is approved for 87% of GI Bill^® recipients.

Some of these programs are directly tied to grants for student veterans, which is particularly meaningful as college costs soar and schools are cutting grants. Last year, schools doled out about vs. On-Campus for Student Veterans

The schools with the largest veteran populations are generally online schools. This is because it works for veterans who may need flexibility in their schedule or location. Certain service members can even begin earning college credits while still in the military.

Veterans who have finished their commitment to the military may want to work during school, or have other responsibilities to navigate. So, there are plenty of reasons — financial, familial, or personal — that make a more flexible schedule a priority.

But this flexibility that online colleges offer comes at the cost of on-campus clinical help. That said, the VA, which covers most medical expenses for veterans, has been accepting telemedicine claims since .

You can also utilize the Salary Scores, a product of our team of data experts’ analyses, to easily compare colleges by alumni salary.

So, what do you want to do now that you’ve served your country? What kind of degree, or what will you need to know or study to be able to accomplish those post-military goals? You’ve done your duty. Now do your research and make sure your next move is the best move.