The academic progress of veteran students has delighted some and been a source of consternation to others. Three points of view seem most common: veterans do more poorly than other students; veterans do better than other students; and, veterans do not differ from other students. This study investigated the academic achievement of veterans at North Hennepin Community College. All veterans who had enrolled during the academic years 1972-73 through 1974-75 were included in the study. A record was made of credits, honor points, credit hours of non-credit-bearing grades, age, and graduation status. Veterans were found to account for about 18% of the total yearly headcount of students and about 18% of the total credit hour generation. No significant differences were found between veterans and non-veterans in average credit hour loads, grade point averages, or credit-course completion rates. In the three years studied, 70% of the veteran students persisted through all three quarters, a persistence rate felt to be not less than that of non-veteran students. The most compelling conclusion is that veterans do not differ from non-veterans in terms of academic achievement. (Author/JDS)