2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Secondary Teaching for a Master’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Secondary Teaching for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 10,547 people earned their degree in secondary education, making the major the 84th most popular in the United States.
Across Arizona, there were 1,504 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Secondary Teaching for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in secondary education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great secondary education programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the secondary education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Secondary Teaching for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona master’s degree vets studying secondary teaching.
Top 4 Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arizona
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Secondary Teaching for a Master’s list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 82 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list.According to our most recent data, ASU - Tempe supports 74,795 students, and 7,566 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 3,828 are 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 qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Arizona State University - Tempe]](/colleges/arizona-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Secondary Teaching for a Master’s. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this large private for-profit school handed out 777 diplomas to qualified masters’s secondary teaching students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Grand Canyon University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking.Of the 103,427 students enrolled at Grand Canyon University, 7,172 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4,951 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,970. On top of their other funding sources, 5 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Secondary Teaching for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 15 masters’s secondary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list.According to our most recent data, University of Arizona supports 45,601 students, and 2,131 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,478 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,880. To help with additional expenses, 31 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Secondary Teaching for a Master’s. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s secondary teaching degrees to 200 students in 2020-2021.
UOPX - Arizona also took the #1 spot in our “Best Secondary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 135 of the 89,763 students enrolled at UOPX - Arizona were GI Bill® students, of which 157 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,437. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full UOPX - Arizona 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
- *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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