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A Defense Department analysis of total tuition assistance users and costs for fiscal year 2014:
Rank |
School |
Participants |
Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Army | |||
| 1 | American Public University System | 18,838 | $36,434,295 |
| 2 | Central Texas College | 11,238 | $11,011,952 |
| 3 | University of Maryland University College | 8,989 | $14,610,356 |
| 4 | University of Phoenix | 4,965 | $11,031,702 |
| 5 | Columbia Southern University | 4,788 | $7,915,308 |
| 6 | Ashford University | 4,343 | $10,508,619 |
| 7 | Grantham University | 3,575 | $8,477,128 |
| 8 | Kaplan University | 3,409 | $7,060,005 |
| 9 | Excelsior College | 3,261 | $6,009,145 |
| 10 | Liberty University | 3,032 | $6,774,688 |
| Air Force | |||
| 1 | American Public University System | 23,213 | $43,556,658 |
| 2 | University of Maryland University College | 11,706 | $16,702,099 |
| 3 | Ashford University | 8,590 | $18,940,235 |
| 4 | Park University | 4,844 | $7,925,995 |
| 5 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | 4,664 | $9,174,906 |
| 6 | Trident University International | 3,572 | $7,846,043 |
| 7 | Columbia Southern University | 2,787 | $4,557,120 |
| 8 | University of Phoenix | 2,615 | $5,417,970 |
| 9 | Liberty University | 2,107 | $4,711,040 |
| 10 | Saint Leo University | 1,101 | $2,037,812 |
| Navy | |||
| 1 | American Public University System | 5,112 | $10,537,425 |
| 2 | University of Maryland University College | 2,593 | $5,116,794 |
| 3 | Coastline Community College | 2,486 | $3,077,185 |
| 4 | Excelsior College | 2,416 | $4,352,942 |
| 5 | Columbia College | 2,216 | $4,072,103 |
| 6 | Saint Leo University | 2,013 | $4,467,993 |
| 7 | Central Texas College | 1,588 | $2,114,792 |
| 8 | Ashford University | 1,574 | $3,826,827 |
| 9 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | 1,439 | $3,009,385 |
| 10 | National University - La Jolla | 1,416 | $2,720,163 |
| Marine Corps | |||
| 1 | American Public University System | 7,402 | $13,883,119 |
| 2 | University of Maryland University College | 2,552 | $3,793,850 |
| 3 | Ashford University | 2,129 | $4,916,745 |
| 4 | Central Texas College | 1,002 | $1,057,069 |
| 5 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | 844 | $1,716,512 |
| 6 | Park University | 838 | $1,685,233 |
| 7 | National University - La Jolla | 666 | $1,182,724 |
| 8 | University of Phoenix | 637 | $1,376,512 |
| 9 | International Sports Sciences Association | 381 | $357,182 |
| 10 | Liberty University | 334 | $702,544 |
| *Analysis provided by the Defense Department. Complete data for Military Times' customary analysis, grouping schools by parent institution, was not available. Service-by-service top 10s are not fully comparable to previous years. | |||