UT Tyler Among Best Universities Nationwide for Student Veterans

TYLER — The University of Texas at Tyler is one of the leading four-year public universities in the nation for student veterans, Ona Tolliver, assistant vice president for student affairs and dean of students, announced. The Military Times, an independent publication, set out to find the best schools for students veterans among two-year, four-year, and online institutions, while placing a new emphasis on academic rigor. According to a UT Tyler news release, representatives from about 600 schools responded to this year’s survey. In the 2014 results, UT Tyler ranked sixth out of all four-year, public Texas institutions, besting UT Arlington and UT Austin.

“The UT Tyler Veterans Resource Center is proud to support the university in achieving this ranking by The Military Times, and we are equally proud to be ranked so highly out of 600 institutions,” said Christopher Cox, UT Tyler Veterans Resource Center coordinator. “To be among this outstanding group of universities validates UT Tyler’s continued effort to help and encourage our student veterans.”

Schools were evaluated in five categories: university culture, student support, academic quality, academic policies and financialaid. For the first time, U.S. Department of Education statistics commonly used to track student success and academic quality were also used in the analysis. Visit http://projects.militarytimes.com/jobs/best-for-vets/2014/colleges/4-year/ For the complete list.