2023 Best English & Language Arts Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arizona

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 Arizona for English & Language Arts Education for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

English & Language Arts Education is the 214th most popular major in the country with 3,113 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Arizona, there were 168 English and language arts education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for English & Language Arts Education for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in English and language arts education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent English and language arts 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 English and language arts education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The english & language arts education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for English & Language Arts Education for a Master’s”.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for English & Language Arts Education for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for English & Language Arts Education for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best English & Language Arts Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arizona

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

7,566 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for English & Language Arts Education for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best English & Language Arts Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list.Of the 74,795 students enrolled at ASU - Tempe, 7,566 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3,828 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,068. To help with additional expenses, 672 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. ASU - Tempe offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 Arizona State University - Tempe]](/colleges/arizona-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

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Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, Arizona

7,172 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for English & Language Arts Education for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the #2 spot on the list. Grand Canyon University is a large private for-profit school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 118 masters’s English and language arts education degrees in 2020-2021.

Grand Canyon University also took the #1 spot in our “Best English & Language Arts Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 7,172 of the 103,427 students enrolled at Grand Canyon University were GI Bill® students, of which 4,951 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,970. On top of their other funding sources, 5 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Grand Canyon University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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%.

Full Grand Canyon University Veteran Student Life Report

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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

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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