2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Administration of Special Ed for a Master’s

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Administration of Special Ed for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 186 people earned their degree in administration of special education, making the major the 950th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 40 administration of special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Administration of Special Ed for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in administration of special education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality administration of special education programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the administration of special education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Administration of Special Ed for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Administration of Special Ed for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Administration of Special Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

1

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

584 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Michigan University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Administration of Special Ed for a Master’s. WMU is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 3 masters’s administration of special ed degrees in 2020-2021.

WMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Administration of Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 19,887 students enrolled at WMU, 584 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 327 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,981. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. WMU offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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2

Concordia University, Chicago
River Forest, Illinois

134 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$7,085 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Administration of Special Ed for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in River Forest, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Concordia University, Chicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Administration of Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 6,491 students enrolled at Concordia University, Chicago, 134 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 96 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,085. On top of their other funding sources, 4 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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 Concordia University, Chicago]](/colleges/concordia-university-chicago/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Administration of Special Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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.

Credits

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