2023 Most Veteran Friendly for International and Comparative Education for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
36
Degrees Awarded
$28,000
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for International and Comparative Education for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 293 people earned their degree in international and comparative education, making the major the 724th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 international and comparative education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international and comparative education programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the international and comparative 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 for International and Comparative Education for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for International and Comparative Education for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best International & Comparative Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for International and Comparative Education for a Bachelor’s. Located in Durham, North Carolina, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 36 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s international and comparative education students in 2020-2021.
Duke not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best International & Comparative Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 36 of the 16,172 students enrolled at Duke University were GI Bill® students, of which 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,387. To help with additional expenses, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.
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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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