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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for IT for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 31,531 people earned their degree in information technology, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States.
Across Illinois, there were 1,275 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for IT for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information technology programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information technology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for IT for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for IT for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for IT for a Master’s”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for IT for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Loyola University Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s IT degrees to qualified students.
Loyola Chicago also took the #2 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.Of the 16,893 students enrolled at Loyola Chicago, 261 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 165 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,263. To help with additional expenses, 78 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Loyola Chicago offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full Loyola University Chicago Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for IT for a Master’s list. Normal, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.
Illinois State also made our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #3.According to our most recent data, Illinois State supports 20,720 students, and 530 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 163 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,997. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Illinois State does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
Full Illinois State University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for IT for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. Illinois Institute of Technology is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 105 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
Illinois Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list.According to our most recent data, Illinois Institute of Technology supports 6,325 students, and 83 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 52 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,905. To help with additional expenses, 14 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Illinois Institute of Technology]](/colleges/illinois-institute-of-technology/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Illinois University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for IT for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Dekalb, Illinois, and it awarded 76 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
NIU also made our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #4.Of the 16,769 students enrolled at Northern Illinois University, 480 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 207 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,822. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
[Read full report on veteran student life at NIU]](/colleges/northern-illinois-university/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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