2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Architecture for a Master’s
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Architecture for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Architecture is the 127th most popular major in the country with 4,982 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $49,005 and had an average of $26,624 in loans still to pay off.
Across Illinois, there were 184 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,733 and $25,956 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Architecture for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general architecture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general architecture programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general architecture program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
More Ways to Rank General Architecture Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Architecture for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Architecture for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Architecture for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Architecture for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #1 spot on the list. Carbondale, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s architecture degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.
SIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list.Among the 11,366 students enrolled at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Southern Illinois University Carbondale offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at SIUC]](/colleges/southern-illinois-university-carbondale/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Architecture for a Master’s. University of Illinois at Chicago is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 14 masters’s architecture degrees in 2020-2021.
UIC also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Illinois at Chicago supports 33,518 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $23,878. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Illinois at Chicago]](/colleges/university-of-illinois-at-chicago/student-life/veterans/)
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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