2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Accounting for a Doctorate

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Accounting for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 99,265 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, accounting is the 8th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,712 and had an average of $26,539 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 14,839 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,417 and $25,672 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Accounting for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in accounting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality accounting programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the accounting program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Accounting for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Accounting for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

1

Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

2 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Accounting for a Doctorate. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s accounting degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Michigan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 49,695 students enrolled at Michigan State University, 2 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,686. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Michigan State University Veteran Student Life Report

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Anderson University Indiana
Anderson, Indiana

23 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$9,536 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Accounting for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Anderson University Indiana landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Anderson, Indiana, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.

Anderson University Indiana also took the #2 spot in our “Best Accounting Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 23 of the 1,406 students enrolled at Anderson University Indiana were GI Bill® students, of which 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,536. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Anderson University Indiana does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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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

Footnotes

• *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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