Past Rankings

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  Best for Vets: Franchises 2017

  Money alone can’t buy you a Batteries Plus Bulbs franchise. Come in with a questionable location, business plan or mindset, and the company might give your check right back to you.
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  Best for Vets: Colleges 2017

  At many colleges and universities, you can go to the veterans center for extra help if you fall behind academically. At the University of South Florida, the veterans center goes to you — and you don't have a choice in the matter.
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  Best for Vets: Business Schools 2016

  Chuck Markos originally wanted an MBA to improve the quality of his small business, but he didn't know it would change the path he was on.
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  Best for Vets: Law Enforcement 2016

  We all know from TV and movies what the police do — tell bad guys they have the right to remain silent, pull you over if you drive too fast, analyze data and make maps.
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  Best for Vets: Places to Live 2016

  For many people, Hawaii and sunny Southern California are dream vacation destinations. For you, could they be home?
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  Best for Vets: Employers 2016

  Should you base your civilian career on your military job? Many service members use their transitions out of the military as a chance to start over and ditch the career paths that their military occupations started them on.
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  Best for Vets: Career & Technical Colleges 2016

  When Mike Baker left the Marine Corps in 2008, he was hoping to leverage his military training as a bulk fuel specialist into a civilian career in the same field. He applied immediately for higher-level civilian fuels jobs, without going to school for a civilian degree or certificate.
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  Best for Vets: Franchises 2016

  Are you compatible? Do you share similar values? Can you depend on them for support? How have their other relationships gone? Are they in it for the long haul? Are you?