The magazine is a publication geared toward active duty military members transition into the civilian work force, according to Ramona McAfee, Assistant Dean for Military and Federal Programs at Columbia College. The magazine also steers its content toward people looking for job opportunities after leaving active duty or retiring from the military.

G.I. Jobs ranked Columbia College in the top 15 percent of all schools nationwide based on military-friendly initiatives such as the Yellow Ribbon Program, a matching service members' tuition program.

"If a veteran--if they choose to go to one school and the cost of going to that one school is higher than the highest public institution in that state--then private institutions or other public schools that might be higher have the opportunity to join the Yellow Ribbon Program, which says we would pay 50% of the difference and the (Veterans Association) will cover the other 50 percent," McAfee said. "And Columbia College jumped right on that Yellow Ribbon bandwagon."

For example, if a military student wanted to attend Columbia College and the tuition expenses exceeded the tuition rate of the highest public in-state school, Columbia College can then contribute up to 50% of the difference between those expenses and the VA will match the same amount. So if the highest public in-state school costs $30,000 for tuition and Columbia College costs $40,000, the school will pay a maximum of $5,000 to cover the tuition costs and the VA will match that amount.

McAfee said Columbia College has been serving veterans for more than 30 years.

"We're especially proud of being able to help veterans no matter what they want to pursue at Columbia College," she said.

Two years ago, Military.com also recognized Columbia College as a military friendly school.

"We have large numbers of active duty guardsmen attending school here," McAfee said. "We have quite a few faculty members. Our president has prior military service, our deans have active duty service. They are vets themselves. So there's a whole culture here of serving veterans in the active duty service member as students, so I think they have embraced it rather nicely."