Most Popular GI Bill Colleges Fiscal 2014 A Military Times analysis using data from the Veterans Affairs Department for fiscal 2014. Individual schools within a system, displayed in italics, would have ranked in the top 50 without being combined as part of the parent institution. Rank (previous) School or system Headquarters or main campus Sector Level GI Bill recipients 1 (1) University of Phoenix Phoenix For-profit 4-year 49,179 University of Phoenix (Online) 23,816 University of Phoenix (San Diego) 4,082 University of Phoenix (Costa Mesa) 3,968 2 (2) California Community College System Sacramento, Calif. Public 2-year or less 19,181 3 (4) University System of Maryland Adelphi, Md. Public 4-year 16,556 University of Maryland University College 10,019 University of Maryland University 2,904
College European Division 4 (3) DeVry University Inc. Downers Grove, Ill. For-profit 4-year 15,625 DeVry University Online 3,448 5 (5) Education Management Corp. Pittsburgh For-profit 4-year 14,750 6 (8) American Public Education Inc. [1] Charles Town, W.Va. For-profit 4-year 14,508 7 (6) ITT Educational Services Inc. Carmel, Ind. For-profit 4-year 12,538 8 (7) Virginia Community College System Richmond, Va. Public 2-year or less 10,870 9 (23) Strayer Education Inc. Herndon, Va. For-profit 4-year 10,348 10 (11) Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges Olympia, Wash. Public 4-year 9,565 11 (9) Career Education Corp. Schaumburg, Ill. For-profit 4-year 9,296 Colorado Technical University (Online) 3,303
12 (10) Bridgepoint Education San Diego For-profit 4-year 9,068 Ashford University (Online) 8,859 13 (14) Aeronautical University Daytona Beach, Fla. Private 4-year 8,707 14 (16) State University System of Florida Tallahassee, Fla. Public 4-year 7,833 15 (15) North Carolina Community College System Raleigh, N.C. Public 2-year or less 7,766 16 (12) University of New York System Albany, N.Y. Public 4-year 7,348 17 (22) Liberty University Lynchburg, Va. Private 4-year 7,327 18 (17) Kaplan Higher Education Corp. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For-profit 4-year 7,034 Kaplan University (Fort Lauderdale) 4,856 19 (19) California State University Long Beach, Calif. Public 4-year 6,597 20 (20) University of Texas System Austin, Public 4-year 6,553
21 (13) University System of Georgia Atlanta Public 4-year 6,503 22 (18) State University and Community College System of Tennessee Nashville, Tenn. Public 4-year 6,418 23 (21) Corinthian Colleges Inc. Santa Ana, Calif. For-profit 4-year 6,017 24 (24) University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. Public 4-year 5,642 25 (25) Universal Technical Institute Inc. Scottsdale, Ariz. For-profit 2-year or less 5,607 26 (28) Alamo Colleges San Antonio Public 2-year or less 5,437 27 (26) Saint Leo University St. Leo, Fla. Private 4-year 4,856 28 (37) Central Texas College Killeen, Texas Public 2-year or less 4,808 Central Texas College (Texas) 3,476 29 (35) Arizona Board of Regents Phoenix Public 4-year 4,789 30 (29) Webster University (St. Louis) St. Louis Private 4-year 4,548 31 (32) Colorado Community College System Denver Public 2-year or less 4,446
32 (27) ECPI Colleges Virginia Beach, Va. For-profit 4-year 4,431 33 (33) National University System La Jolla, Calif. Private 4-year 4,418 National University (San Diego) 4,363 34 (36) Maricopa Community College District Tempe, Ariz. Public 2-year or less 4,171 35 (40) Texas A&M University System College Station, Texas Public 4-year 4,132 36 (34) South Carolina Technical College System Columbia, S.C. Public 2-year or less 4,108 37 (31) Minnesota State Colleges and Universities St. Paul, Minn. Public 4-year 4,061 38 (30) Technical College System of Georgia Atlanta Public 2-year or less 3,912 39 (44) Columbia Southern Education Group Inc. Orange Beach, Ala. For-profit 4-year 3,707 Columbia Southern University 3,624 40 (39) Park University Distance Learning Parkville, Mo. Private 4-year 3,590
41 (38) Columbia College Columbia, Mo. Private 4-year 3,496 42 (41) University of Wisconsin System Madison, Wis. Public 4-year 3,298 43 (48) Grand Canyon University Phoenix For-profit 4-year 3,289 44 (43) City University of New York New York Public 4-year 3,266 45 Alabama Community College System Montgomery, Ala. Public 2-year or less 3,164 46 University of Alaska System of Higher Education Fairbanks, Alaska Public 4-year 3,037 47 (46) The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pa. Public Doctoral 3,009 48 Full Sail University Winter Park, Fla. For-profit 4-year 2,976 49 Nevada System of Higher Education Las Vegas, Nev. Public 4-year 2,886 50 (45) Troy University Troy, Ala. Public Doctoral 2,873 For data on Tuition Aid colleges refer to