Top 50 TA schools by service Aug. 27, 2014-06:00AM navytimes.com A service-by-service look at the 50 colleges most popular among troops using tuition assistance in fiscal 2013: Air Force 1 American Public Education Inc. (incl. American Military Univ.) 24,311 2 University System of Maryland 13,510 3 Bridgepoint Education (incl. Ashford Univ.) 7,949 4 Park University 5,663 5 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 5,392 6 Trident University International (TUI, formerly TUI University) 3,746 7 Columbia Southern Education Group Inc. 2,904 8 University of Phoenix 2,835 9 Liberty University 1,874 10 Wayland Baptist University 1,330 11 Saint Leo University 1,188 12 Central texas College 1,103 13 North Dakota University System 1,038 14 Southwestern College (Kansas) 976 15 Northwest Florida State College 944 16 Dlorah Inc. (incl. National American Univ.) 833 17 Gramtham University 820 18 University of Oklahoma 815 19 Kaplan Higher Education Corp. 787 20 Webster University 734 21 DeVry University Inc. 682 22 University of Management and Technology 651 23 Nevada System of Higher Education 629 24 Bellevue University 618 25 Oklahoma State System of Higher Education 616 26 Troy University 602 27 Maricopa Community College District 555 28 Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges 548 29 Pima County Community College District 547 30 Chapman University 527 31 University of Alaska System of Higher Education 512 32 Georgia Military College 481 33 The University of Louisiana System 473 Page 1 of 7
34 International Sports Sciences Association 425 35 Clovis Community College 420 35 Rose State College 420 37 Mount Olive Cp;;ege 410 38 Burlington County College 403 39 California Community College System 402 40 Arkansas State University System 397 41 387 42 Colorado Community College System 370 43 Lewis University 359 44 Alamo Colleges 358 45 Coordinating Board for Higher Education 321 45 Grand Canyon University 321 47 Metropolitan Community College 288 48 Hawaii Pacific University 286 49 Excelsior College 284 50 Gulf Coast State College 276 Army 1 American Public Education Inc. (incl. American Military Univ.) 20,617 2 Central Texas College 16,353 3 University System of Maryland 12,906 4 University of Phoenix 6,704 5 Columbia Southern Education Group Inc. 5,607 6 Bridgepoint Education (incl. Ashford Univ.) 5,418 7 Grantham University 4,472 8 Excelsior College 3,257 9 Liberty University 3,131 10 Touro College and University System 2,968 11 Kaplan Higher Education Corp. 2,655 12 Post University (Connecticut) 2,556 13 North Carolina Community College System 2,549 14 Allied American University 2,305 15 Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges 2,180 16 Columbia College (Missouri) 2,172 17 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 2,078 18 Webster University 2,029 19 Troy University 1,823 20 Thomas Edison State College 1,658 21 The State University and Community College System of Tennessee 1,627 22 University System of Georgia 1,594 Page 2 of 7
23 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 1,455 24 DeVry University Inc. 1,421 25 1,321 26 State University of New York System 1,273 27 Barton County Community College 1,106 28 University of North Carolina 1,100 29 Colorado Community College System 940 30 Park University 921 31 Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico 824 32 Kentucky Community and Technical College System 807 33 Saint Leo University 780 34 Education Management Corporation 764 35 Grand Canyon University 758 36 Upper Iowa University 754 37 Cochise College 702 38 Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning 693 39 Strayer Education 669 40 California Community College System 648 41 Utah System of Higher Education 638 42 Virginia Community College System 634 43 Campbell University 625 44 The University of Texas System 582 45 Kansas State University System 575 46 Central Michigan University 567 47 International Sports Sciences Association 561 48 Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez 542 49 University of Management and Technology 536 50 North Dakota University System 504 Coast Guard 1 American Public Education Inc. (incl. American Military Univ.) 2,244 2 Bridgepoint Education (incl. Ashford Univ.) 356 3 Columbia Southern Education Group Inc. 329 4 University of Phoenix 314 5 Vincennes University 266 6 Thomas Edison State College 250 7 Excelsior College 233 8 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 219 9 University System of Maryland 211 10 Liberty University 196 11 California Community College System 194 Page 3 of 7
12 Columbia College (Missouri) 182 13 Endicott College 165 14 Wisconsin Technical College System 145 15 Spring Hill College 122 16 Trident University International (TUI, formerly TUI University) 112 17 Saint Leo University 111 17 Virginia Community College System 111 19 Maritime Institute Inc. 98 20 Grantham University 86 21 DeVry University Inc. 84 22 University of Alaska System of Higher Education 83 22 Victory University 83 24 Southern New Hampshire University 78 25 Kaplan Higher Education Corp. 73 26 Florida State College at Jacksonville 61 27 State University System of Florida 60 28 Strayer Education 58 29 Northcentral University 50 30 City University of Seattle 48 30 The Pennsylvania State University 48 32 Hawaii Pacific University 47 33 National University System 46 34 Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges 45 35 Grand Canyon University 41 36 Oregon University System 40 37 Education Management Corp. (incl. The Art Institutes, Argosy Univ., Brown Mackie College, South Univ.) 39 38 The National Graduate School of Quality Management 38 39 North Carolina Community College System 37 40 Massachusetts Community Colleges 36 41 Old Dominion University 35 42 California State University 30 42 St. Petersburg College 30 44 State University of New York System 28 45 St. Joseph s College (Patchogue, N.Y.) 27 45 University of South Alabama 27 47 Anne Arundel Community College 26 47 University of North Carolina 26 49 25 50 International Sports Sciences Association 24 Marine Corps Page 4 of 7
1 American Public Education Inc. (incl. American Military Univ.) 5,404 2 University System of Maryland 3,252 3 Central Texas College 2,246 4 Bridgepoint Education (incl. Ashford Univ.) 1,770 5 Park University 1,380 6 North Carolina Community College System 1,032 7 University of Phoenix 1,023 8 National University System 800 9 California Community College System 712 10 International Sports Sciences Association 615 11 Embry Riddle Aeronautical University 583 12 Palomar College 427 13 Liberty University 400 14 Columbia Southern Education Group Inc. 391 15 Virginia Community College System 365 16 Hawaii Pacific University 336 17 Arizona Western College 283 18 Kaplan Higher Education Corp. 266 19 California Career School 225 20 Campbell University 221 21 DeVry University Inc. 215 22 Columbia College (Missouri) 212 23 Grantham University 204 24 MiraCosta College 152 25 Excelsior College 126 26 Webster University 125 27 Saint Leo University 118 28 117 29 National Training Inc. 113 30 Education Management Corp. (incl. The Art Institutes, Argosy Univ., Brown Mackie College, South Univ.) 98 31 Strayer Education 93 32 Southern Illinois University 92 33 Grand Canyon University 91 33 Penn Foster Career School 91 35 Mayfield College Inc. 82 36 Trident University International (TUI, formerly TUI University) 81 37 Chaminade University of Honolulu 76 38 West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission 74 39 Southern New Hampshire University 73 Page 5 of 7
40 Allied American University 71 41 Diversified Education Co. (Associated Technical College) 66 42 Troy University 65 43 The Pennsylvania State University 62 44 Thomas Edison State College 60 45 Copper Mountain College 58 46 HDS Truck Driving Institute 56 47 South Carolina Technical College System 52 48 Villanova University 51 49 University of Oklahoma 50 50 Central Michigan University 48 Navy 1 American Public Education Inc. (incl. American Military Univ.) 5,113 2 University System of Maryland 5,091 3 California Community College System 2,951 4 Excelsior College 2,296 5 Columbia College (Missouri) 2,213 6 Saint Leo University 2,015 7 Central Texas College 1,941 8 Bridgepoint Education (incl. Ashford Univ.) 1,891 9 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 1,588 10 Thomas Edison State College 1,448 11 Virginia Community College System 1,376 12 Vincennes University 1,331 13 University of Phoenix 1,294 14 National University System 1,292 15 Trident University International (TUI, formerly TUI University) 1,117 16 Columbia Southern Education Group Inc. 1,114 17 Liberty University 714 18 Florida State College at Jacksonville 618 19 Hawaii Pacific University 574 20 Chapman University 453 21 Grantham University 434 22 Kaplan Higher Education Corp. 419 23 DeVry University Inc. 394 24 Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges 370 25 Old Dominion University 366 26 University of La Verne 359 27 Post University 347 28 Southern Illinois University 346 29 Strayer Education 290 Page 6 of 7
30 University of Management and Technology 280 31 Park University 257 32 South Carolina Technical College System 246 33 Southern New Hampshire University 235 34 Education Management Corp. (incl. The Art Institutes, Argosy Univ., Brown Mackie College, South Univ.) 219 35 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College 197 36 International Sports Sciences Association 183 37 ECPI Colleges 180 38 University of Oklahoma 176 39 170 40 Pensacola State College 153 41 Webster University 152 42 Grand Canyon University 142 43 Troy University 133 44 Roger Williams University 125 45 Northcentral University 124 46 North Carolina Community College System 123 47 Wayland Baptist University 113 48 The Pennsylvania State University 105 49 State University System of Florida 102 49 University of the Incarnate Word 102 Page 7 of 7