UMD News Releases

DULUTH, MN — The University of Minnesota Duluth has been designated a 2015 Military Friendly School by Victory Media. This is the fourth year in a row that UMD has received this designation.

The Military Friendly Schools designation and list by Victory Media provides service members transparent, data-driven ratings about post-military education and career opportunities.

“We are extremely honored to have, once again, been recognized as a Military Friendly School. UMD dedicated to serving the educational needs of our veteran and active-duty students, and those students who have made a future commitment to the U.S. Armed Forces through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program on our campus,” said Chancellor Lendley C. Black.

The Military Friendly Schools designation is awarded to the top 15 percent of colleges, universities, and trade schools in the country that are doing the most to embrace military students, and to dedicate resources to ensure their success in the classroom and after graduation.

The methodology used for making the Military Friendly Schools list has changed the student veteran landscape to one much more transparent and has played a significant role over the past six years in capturing and advancing best practices to support military students across the country.

The survey captures over 50 leading practices in supporting military students and is available free of charge to the more than 8,000 schools approved for Post-9/11 GI Bill funding.

For more information about UMD’s commitment to attracting and supporting military students, visit http://www.d.umn.edu/onestop/veterans/

About Military Friendly® Schools:

The Military Friendly® Schools designation process includes extensive research and a data-driven survey of schools nationwide approved for Post-9/11 GI Bill funding. The school survey, methodology, criteria and weightings are developed with the assistance of an independent Academic Advisory Board comprised of educators from schools across the country. The survey is administered for free and is open to all post-secondary schools that wish to participate. Criteria for consideration can be found at http://www.militaryfriendly.com and a complete list of schools can be found through the Schools Matchmaker tool on http://www.gijobs.com.

About Victory Media:

Victory Media is a service-disabled, veteran-owned business serving the military community since 2001. Our data-driven lists are published in G.I. Jobs®, Military Spouse, and Vetrepreneur® media channels, republished in periodicals such as USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Bloomberg BW, and frequently cited on national TV by NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, Fox News and others.