2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for International and Comparative Education
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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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 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 Pennsylvania for International and Comparative Education” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 293 people earned their degree in international and comparative education, making the major the 724th most popular in the United States.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 6 international and comparative education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality international and comparative education programs as well as strong veteran support.
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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for International and Comparative Education” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for International and Comparative Education
The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania vets studying international and comparative education.
Top 1 Best International & Comparative Education Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lehigh University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for International and Comparative Education. Lehigh University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Lehigh also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 7,067 students enrolled at Lehigh, 34 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 16 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,051. To help with additional expenses, 15 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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