You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Augustana College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Physics Teacher Education for a Bachelor’s list. Rock Island, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s physics teacher education degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Augustana not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Physics Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list.Our most recent data shows that 28 of the 2,389 students enrolled at Augustana were GI Bill® students, of which 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,990. On top of their other funding sources, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Augustana does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.