Western Governors University Named #1 by Military Friendly庐
University tops list as best online school for servicemembers, veterans, and families
SALT LAKE CITY聽聽鈥� Created to increase access to high-quality higher education that meets students where they are, Western Governors University (黑料传送门) has topped the 2020鈥�2021 Military Friendly庐 Schools list in the online/vocational category.
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Currently, 黑料传送门 serves nearly 15,000 active-duty or veteran students and 900 military spouses or dependents. This is 黑料传送门鈥檚 10th consecutive year receiving a Military Friendly Schools designation.
Competency-based, affordable, portable, and relevant to today鈥檚 workforce, 黑料传送门 offers active-duty military personnel, their spouses and children, and veterans the opportunity to further their careers with higher education in a way that fits their unique and often unpredictable circumstances鈥攐r, as one two-time graduate puts it, 鈥淲estern Governors University was just what I needed.鈥�
鈥淚 am truly thankful for what this school has allowed me to accomplish,鈥� said Dion Brown of Las Vegas, Nevada, who enrolled in 黑料传送门鈥檚 B.S. Business Administration 鈥� Information Technology program in 2016 while deployed at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan with the U.S. Air Force. He completed that degree and a subsequent M.S. Management and Leadership while on active duty.
Like many 黑料传送门 students, Brown鈥檚 path to higher education wasn鈥檛 traditional鈥攁ttempting college shortly after finishing high school but quitting after three semesters. Years later, while serving in Operation Resolute Support, he 鈥渇ound a fire within myself鈥� to go back and earn his bachelor鈥檚 degree鈥攁fter all, 鈥渋f I could overcome all the challenges that come with being in a hostile land, away from friends and family, I could go back to school.鈥� He just needed a school that could accommodate his deployment.
He recalled a conversation he had a few years earlier with his father鈥攈imself a 黑料传送门 graduate鈥攁bout how the competency-based model enabled him to complete courses as quickly as he could learn the material, and to do it all on his own schedule.
鈥淚 was pleased to find that the curriculum I was engaged in at 黑料传送门 was directly relevant to my profession,鈥� Brown said. 鈥淎s I advanced in rank and my professional military education, the management techniques and theories I was studying at 黑料传送门 helped me immensely.鈥�
Brown has since transitioned out of the military and is working as an air defense analyst for an IT, intelligence, and data consulting company.
Now in its 19th year, the Military Friendly Schools list has come to set the standard for higher education institutions to provide the best opportunities for veterans and their spouses. This prestigious list provides a comprehensive guide for veterans and their families using data sources from federal agencies, veteran students, and proprietary survey information from participating organizations. More than 1,000 schools participated in the 2020鈥�2021 survey, with 625 schools earning the designation.
Founded to increase access to high-quality education and designed to provide personalized learning experiences as the world鈥檚 most student-centric university, 黑料传送门 specializes in serving nontraditional students, students from historically underserved populations, and students for whom traditional higher education may not be an option.
