Radford University has earned the 2025-2026 Military Friendly School – Gold designation.
The honor comes from Military Friendly, a brand created by the advocacy organization
Viqtory to promote civilian opportunities for veterans. Its ratings program began
in 2003 as a vehicle to encourage civilian organizations to invest in programs to
recruit, retain and advance veterans as employees, entrepreneurs and students.
Institutions earning the Military Friendly School designation were evaluated using
both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. More than 1,800
schools participated in the 2025-2026 survey, with 830 earning special awards for
going above the standard.
The 2025-2026 Military Friendly Schools list will be published in the May and October
issues of G.I. Jobs magazine and found at www.militaryfriendly.com.
Methodology, criteria and weightings were determined by Viqtory with input from the
Military Friendly Advisory Council, an independent group of leaders in higher education
and military recruitment. Final ratings were based on survey results and assessment
of each institution’s ability to meet thresholds for student retention, graduation,
job placement, loan repayment, persistence (degree advancement or transfer) and loan
default rates, both overall and specifically for student veterans.
“Radford University is thrilled to again be recognized by Viqtory as a gold-level
Military Friendly School and to have them recognize us as one of only two (of the
10 public or private four-year institutions in the commonwealth) to be recognized
at that level,” said Bill Wilson, director of Radford’s Military Resource Center.
“We are proud to continue to serve our military-affiliated students, help grow that
population and receive this recognition.”
The Military Friendly Schools list is created each year based on extensive research
using public data sources from more than 8,800 schools nationwide, input from student
veterans and survey responses from institutions. The survey is administered for free
and is open to all postsecondary schools that wish to participate.
Criteria for consideration can be found at www.militaryfriendly.com.
Founded in 2001, Viqtory is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business that connects
the military community to civilian opportunities through its G.I. Jobs and Military
Friendly brands. Viqtory and its brands are not a part of or endorsed by the U.S.
Department of Defense or any federal government entity. Learn more about Viqtory at
www.viqtory.com.
For more information about Radford University’s student veteran programs, visit Radford
University’s Military Resource Center website.