A Pilot Study of Factors Affecting Student Veterans’ College Choice

Authors

Phillip A. Olt, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow
Whitney Whitaker, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow
Seth D. Kastle, Fort Hays State UniversityFollow
Taylor Kriley, Emporia State University

Abstract

This study considered the factors that student veterans considered when choosing where to attend higher education. This is a report of results from a survey implemented in a nationwide pilot study. Respondents (N = 111) gave greater weight in college choice to items generally associated with college satisfaction, such as cost, program availability, and supports, over “military friendly”-type marketing. These findings are important to those practitioners and institutions serving student veterans, as there are great time and financial costs that result from ineffective approaches to recruiting and retaining students.

Document Type

Article

Source Publication

Journal of Veteran Studies

Version

Published Version

DOI

10.21061/jvs.v10i3.570

Publication Date

2024

Volume

10

Issue

3

First Page

23

Last Page

33

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Recommended Citation

Olt, P. A., Whitaker, W., Kastle, S., & Kriley, T. (2024). A Pilot Study of Factors Affecting Student Veterans’ College Choice. Journal of Veterans Studies, 10(1), pp. 310–320. DOI: https://doi. org/10.21061/jvs.v10i1.570