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Top 50 schools for Post-9/11 GI Bill: fiscal 2016

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A Military Times analysis of fiscal 2016 data from the Veterans Affairs Department. Individual institutions within a system, displayed in italics, would have ranked in the top 50 without being combined as part of the parent institution.

Rank
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School or system Headquarters or main campus Sector Level GI Bill recipients Cost
1 (1) University of Phoenix Phoenix For-Profit Doctoral 35,388 $222,250,976
University of Phoenix-Online Campus 19,082 $107,615,522
2 (2) California Community College System Sacramento, Calif. Public Associate or lower 19,013 $8,638,784
3 (3) University System of Maryland Adelphi, Md. Public Doctoral 18,818 $81,675,831
University of Maryland University College 12,484 $50,479,300
4 (5) American Public Education Inc. [1] Charles Town, W.Va. For-Profit Master's 15,425 $60,692,396
5 (4) Education Management Corp. Pittsburgh For-Profit Doctoral 12,302 $155,314,467
6 (6) Devry University Inc. Downers Grove, Ill. For-Profit Master's 11,049 $94,615,041
7 (9) Strayer Education Inc. Herndon, Va. For-Profit Master's 9,830 $58,863,007
8 (10) Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges Olympia, Wash. Public Bachelor's 9,302 $27,697,594
9 (14) North Carolina Community College System Raleigh, N.C. Public Associate or lower 8,321 $12,521,568
10 (13) Liberty University Lynchburg, Va. Private Doctoral 8,218 $44,299,728
11 (16) State University System of Florida Tallahassee, Fla. Public Doctoral 8,199 $44,091,677
12 (12) Career Education Corp. Schaumburg, Ill. For-Profit Doctoral 8,182 $80,232,325
Colorado Technical University-Online 3,503 $32,981,500
13 (15) University System of Georgia Atlanta Public Doctoral 8,131 $43,731,230
14 (8) Virginia Community College System Richmond, Va. Public Associate or lower 8,074 $22,403,065
15 (11) Bridgepoint Education San Diego For-Profit Doctoral 8,063 $38,931,442
Ashford University-Online 7,935 $37,839,934
16 (19) State University of New York System Albany, N.Y. Public Doctoral 6,870 $29,490,380
17 (21) California State University Long Beach, Calif. Public Doctoral 6,626 $30,422,706
18 (18) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach, Fla. Private Doctoral 6,591 $44,668,837
19 (20) The University of Texas System Austin, Texas Public Doctoral 6,580 $44,177,797
20 (26) Arizona Board of Regents Phoenix Public Doctoral 6,566 $62,813,842
Arizona State University-Tempe 4,247 $44,196,269
21 (23) University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. Public Doctoral 6,447 $45,862,143
22 (22) State University and Community College System of Tennessee Nashville, Tenn. Public Doctoral 6,247 $31,023,935
23 (42) Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, N.H. Private Doctoral 5,286 $25,463,801
Southern New Hampshire University (main campus) 4,806 $23,114,465
24 (24) Universal Technical Institute Inc. Scottsdale, Ariz. For-Profit Associate or lower 5,274 $67,047,216
25 (25) Alamo Colleges San Antonio Public Associate or lower 5,181 $6,527,531
26 (37) Texas A&M University System College Station, Texas Public Doctoral 4,969 $30,831,383
27 (31) Central Texas College Killeen, Texas Public Associate or lower 4,816 $6,854,743
Central Texas College Main Campus 3,796 $4,662,070
28 (30) Colorado Community College System Denver Public Associate or lower 4,755 $15,830,965
29 (29) Saint Leo University Saint Leo, Fla. Private Doctoral 4,485 $23,046,389
30 (36) Technical College System of Georgia Atlanta Public Associate or lower 4,462 $8,726,696
31 (35) Maricopa Community College District Tempe, Ariz. Public Associate or lower 4,354 $7,396,839
32 (41) Grand Canyon University Phoenix For-profit Doctoral 4,312 $22,504,596
33 (28) South Carolina Technical College System Columbia, S.C. Public Associate or lower 4,268 $12,869,818
34 (32) National University System La Jolla, Calif. Private Doctoral 4,230 $35,526,357
National University-San Diego 4,003 $33,472,199
35 (43) The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pa. Public Doctoral 4,140 $38,812,070
36 (34) Novateur Education Virginia Beach, Va. For-Profit Master's 4,103 $44,863,619
37 (38) Columbia Southern Education Group Inc. Orange Beach, Ala. For-Profit Master's 4,101 $12,589,166
Columbia Southern University 3,893 $11,684,643
38 (33) Webster University Saint Louis, Mo. Private Doctoral 3,938 $18,934,090
39 (39) Minnesota State Colleges and Universities St. Paul, Minn. Public Doctoral 3,805 $14,952,439
40 (46) City University of New York New York Public Doctoral 3,569 $16,198,348
41 (40) University of Hawaii Board of Regents Hilo, Hawaii Public Doctoral 3,487 $14,352,056
42 (44) Park University Parkville, Mo. Private Master's 3,422 $14,775,111
43 (50) Full Sail University Winter Park, Fla. For-profit Master's 3,304 $48,306,246
44 (45) Grantham University Lenexa, Kan. For-profit Master's 3,126 $11,784,044
45 (47) Columbia College Columbia, Mo. Private Master's 3,123 $10,602,718
46 Keiser University Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Private Doctoral 3,122 $41,937,632
47 Nevada System of Higher Education Reno, Nev. Public Doctoral 3,105 $10,231,578
48 University of Wisconsin System Madison, Wis. Public Doctoral 3,099 $19,424,234
49 Excelsior College Albany, N.Y. Private Master's 3,070 $14,634,144
50 (48) Alabama Community College System Montgomery, Ala. Public Associate or lower 3,067 $7,921,757
[1] American Military University is part of American Public Education Inc.
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