top military friendly colleges?

[cookderosa]

There is a publishing company that produces magazines with military friendly employers and schools. Every year, they come out with a book (usually available at the base ed office) with a list of what they deem as military friendly (CLEP/ACE friendliness, deployment policies, military tuition, veteran's liasion, distance options, etc.). Its not a bad list, but it has a lot of schools and it is still confusing, but a good start for whatever you are trying to do. Surprisingly, none of the Big-3 are on it even though they have huge military enrollments. Home - Military Friendly


But getting to the subject at hand, I personally did Saint Leo University for two semesters and loved the school. They are a small Jesuit school with a B&M in Florida. They have satellite campuses on military bases around the country. Also, Embry Riddle is great and has a good rep. Other good military friendly schools on my list, TESC, COSC, Excelsior, Troy University, University of Oklahoma, NVCC, Tidewater CC, ODU and CMU.

Thanks Proloko. I knew about that book, and the military.com site too. I just wanted to hear from you guys because we look at education through a different lens over here. I've actually compiled my own list, I'm still finishing the profiles now.

The approach I took was to be sure the college was in the DODMOD database (2700ish) then narrowed it down to only schools that were regionally accredited, then narrowed it down to schools that had AU-ABC programs in place, then narrowed it down to only schools that accepted CLEP and DSST in some amount, then of THAT group (70ish) I went through and selected only schools that had per credit tuition of $250 or less. My list will be included in my new book, but the list had to work for 100% of enlisted in any branch, lead to a full associate or bachelor degree, and be able to complete using only Tuition Assistance. (which would save the GI Bill for later or to share)

That list is small, about 25. But I really appreciate the feedback, I wanted to be sure I wasn't missing anything!