Report Statistics in Brief

Veterans' Education Benefits: A Profile of Military Students Who Received Federal Veterans' Education Benefits in 2015–16

NCES
Author(s):
Laura Holian and Tara Adam, AnLar LLC
Study/Program:
NPSAS - National Postsecondary Student Aid Study
Publication date:
March 2020
Publication number:
NCES 2020488REV

Summary

This Statistics in Brief examines the six percent of undergraduate students and seven percent of graduate students in 2015–16 who were veterans, on active duty, in the reserves, or in the National Guard. It describes differences between military students who received and did not receive veterans' education benefits. This report draws on data from the 2015–16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16).

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Tags

Education Finance, Postsecondary Education

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