ASU named ‘Military Friendly School', wins Gold Award
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — Angelo State University announced on April 15 that Victory Media had designated the university a 'Military Friendly School' for the 16th time.
While maintaining this title, ASU also received a Gold Award for ranking among the top of over 80 U.S. institutions that were awarded the 'Military Friendly School' in the Large Public University category for 2025-2026. According to a press release from ASU, the university is one of five Texas institutions to win the Gold Award for this category for 2025-2026.
'Earning Military Friendly Gold status is one of the distinctions we are most proud of because it makes a tangible impact on our student body,' said ASU President Ronnie Hawkins Jr. 'We now have over 2,100 military-affiliated students enrolled at ASU, an increase of more than 750 students in the last year alone.
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The director of affiliated military and veteran services shared that the team strives to make sure military-affiliated students meet or exceed their goals while studying at ASU.
'At Angelo State, we stress the importance of teamwork and shared responsibility in achieving our common mission,' said Phillip Nichelson, director of affiliated military and veteran services. 'The entire ASU team works together to accomplish the mission of collective success for our military and veteran students and their families. We strive to ensure that during their time at ASU, our military-affiliated students will meet or exceed their expectations and satisfy their vision and their goals for the future.'
An annual list of top Military Friendly Schools is provided to service members and their families to help them select the best university, college, or trade school that helps ensure a student's success in the classroom and after graduation.
Each year, U.S. institutions are evaluated using public data sources and responses from the proprietary Military Friendly School surveys. According to ASU, over 1,8000 schools completed the annual survey and only 830 were awarded the Military Friendly School designation.
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'Being a Military Friendly School lets our veterans, active duty military and their families know that we appreciate their service to our nation and are committed to their academic and career success,' said ASU President Hawkins. 'It also shows potential military-affiliated students that wherever in the world they may live or be stationed, the best way to go is to go as a Ram!'
Visit the Military Friendly website to see the complete 2025-2026 list.
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