U.S. Colleges With Yellow Ribbon Program

Which Colleges Provide Yellow Ribbon Program?

In United States, 2,605 schools provide Yellow Ribbon Program. By school type, 637 public and 1,968 private schools provide Yellow Ribbon Program.

By school level, 1,666 four-years colleges and 398 community colleges provide Yellow Ribbon Program.

The following table summarizes the number of schools with Yellow Ribbon Program in United States.

Colleges With Yellow Ribbon Program
	Total	Public	Private (not-for-profit)	Private (for-profit)
Total	2,605	637	1,113	855
4 Years Colleges	1,666	412	1,057	197
Community Colleges	398	158	45	195
Trade Schools	541	67	11	463

What is Yellow Ribbon Program?

A voluntary program through which participating public and private institutions can provide veterans and eligible beneficiaries additional institutional aid to cover the costs of tuition and fees at their institutions. The Yellow Ribbon Program is a supplementary program to the Post 9/11 GI Bill coverage of in-state tuition and fees. The Department of Veterans Affairs matches the institutional aid provided beyond the in-state tuition and fees, but up to a certain limit each year.

Academic & Tuition Statistics for Colleges With Yellow Ribbon Program

The average acceptance rate of the Colleges With Yellow Ribbon Program is 72.60% and the admission yield is 28%. The average SAT score is 1,200 and the average ACT score is 25.

A total of 11,330,807 students are attending one of the schools. With 896,289 faculty, the average students to faculty ratio is 15 to 1.

The 2025 average tuition & fees at Colleges With Yellow Ribbon Program is $21,799 for state residents and $26,122 for out-of-state students for undergraduate programs. The average graduate program tuition & fees is $17,562 for state residents and $21,958 for out-of-state students.

70.54% of undergraduate students received grants and/or scholarships and the average aid amount is $12,822 at Colleges With Yellow Ribbon Program.

The following table summarizes the number of Colleges With Yellow Ribbon Program by state and school type. You can sort the table by a column by touching/clicking the column name.

Colleges With Yellow Ribbon Program by State
State	Total	Public	Private	Four-years Colleges	Community Colleges	Trade Schools
Alabama	37	18	19	25	9	25
Alaska	2	0	2	2	0	2
Arizona	40	9	31	23	9	23
Arkansas	29	8	21	12	5	12
California	234	23	211	138	45	138
Colorado	39	13	26	24	7	24
Connecticut	36	10	26	26	0	26
Delaware	9	2	7	5	0	5
District of Columbia	18	1	17	16	0	16
Florida	124	16	108	64	15	64
Georgia	69	22	47	45	13	45
Hawaii	16	10	6	8	7	8
Idaho	18	6	12	6	4	6
Illinois	83	6	77	53	11	53
Indiana	61	15	46	49	2	49
Iowa	40	3	37	30	8	30
Kansas	41	13	28	27	8	27
Kentucky	28	7	21	24	0	24
Louisiana	39	10	29	18	6	18
Maine	22	8	14	18	3	18
Maryland	38	16	22	27	5	27
Massachusetts	87	18	69	70	7	70
Michigan	61	19	42	40	7	40
Minnesota	45	13	32	32	9	32
Mississippi	14	5	9	7	3	7
Missouri	75	17	58	49	6	49
Montana	16	13	3	9	7	9
Nebraska	21	7	14	19	2	19
Nevada	12	1	11	6	2	6
New Hampshire	18	7	11	13	1	13
New Jersey	55	16	39	32	2	32
New Mexico	14	7	7	5	5	5
New York	164	28	136	110	16	110
North Carolina	66	20	46	45	13	45
North Dakota	7	3	4	7	0	7
Ohio	111	38	73	78	14	78
Oklahoma	37	15	22	18	7	18
Oregon	33	8	25	24	7	24
Pennsylvania	170	48	122	115	34	115
Rhode Island	13	1	12	10	1	10
South Carolina	56	18	38	29	10	29
South Dakota	7	1	6	6	0	6
Tennessee	75	20	55	41	18	41
Texas	149	16	133	65	37	65
Utah	32	7	25	15	1	15
Vermont	13	3	10	12	1	12
Virginia	64	11	53	48	7	48
Washington	30	5	25	26	2	26
West Virginia	43	27	16	22	16	22
Wisconsin	51	15	36	41	2	41
Wyoming	4	2	2	1	2	1
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0
Federated States of Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	1	0	1	1	0	1
Marshall Islands	1	1	0	1	0	1
Northern Marianas	0	0	0	0	0	0
Palau	1	1	0	0	1	0
Puerto Rico	35	10	25	29	1	29
Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0