2023 Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Rhode Island

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 Rhode Island for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor is the 176th most popular major in the country with 5,764 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Rhode Island, there were 45 teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Rhode Island

1

Rhode Island College
Providence, Rhode Island

206 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhode Island College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s. This medium-sized school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 23 masters’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees in 2020-2021.

RIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list.Of the 7,072 students enrolled at Rhode Island College, 206 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 82 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,369. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island

381 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s list. Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, this fairly large public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified masters’s teaching English as a second or foreign language students in 2020-2021.

URI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list.Among the 17,649 students enrolled at University of Rhode Island, 381 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 187 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,022. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 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 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 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at URI]](/colleges/university-of-rhode-island/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
• Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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.

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