Veterans underrepresented at top US colleges

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"Veterans using GI Bill benefits are overrepresented at private, for-profit colleges and underrepresented in public, four-year and high-graduation rate institutions, a recent report from Ithaka S+R found.

Only 10% of veterans using their education benefits attend high-graduation rate institutions, compared to 21% of the general student population. At the same time, about two-thirds (65%) of veterans were enrolled in colleges with graduation rates under 50%, while only about half (51%) of all students were.

About one-third of student veterans attend a for-profit institution, which tend to have lower graduation rates. And although veterans made up about 5% of all college enrollment at IPEDS institutions during the 2015-16 academic year, they represented 13% of students enrolled in for-profits." …

https://www.educationdive.com/news/veterans-underrepresented-at-top-us-colleges/546150/

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Thanks for sharing this interesting article. It sounds like Columbia is doing it right, “Columbia University, for example, enrolled roughly 800 veterans in the spring of 2018, according to the report. That’s due in large part to its School of General Studies, which makes it easier for veterans to transfer credits earned while in the military.“

I hope all of the state flagships follow suit.