2023 Best International Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$22,900
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Southwest Region for International Ed for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 293 people earned their degree in international education, making the major the 302nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, international education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,867 and had an average of $12,250 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 14 international education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for International Ed for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in international education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international education programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the international education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for International Ed for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for International Ed for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best International Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for International Ed for a Master’s. Northern Arizona University is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 7 masters’s international ed degrees in 2020-2021.
NAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best International Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Of the 29,566 students enrolled at NAU, 1,055 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 622 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,378. During this same period, 56 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for International Ed for a Master’s. Sam Houston State University is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 7 masters’s international ed degrees in 2020-2021.
SHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best International Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.According to our most recent data, Sam Houston State University supports 21,912 students, and 1,092 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 496 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,097. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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