2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Alabama for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 5,764 people earned their degree in teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor, making the major the 176th most popular in the United States.

Across Alabama, there were 74 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 Alabama for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

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 Alabama for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree vets studying teaching english as a second or foreign language/esl language instructor.

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

1

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

1,194 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s list. UAB is a large school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 30 masters’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAB, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking.According to our most recent data, UAB supports 22,563 students, and 1,194 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 508 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,983. In addition to receiving other benefits, 15 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Alabama at Birmingham]](/colleges/university-of-alabama-at-birmingham/student-life/veterans/)

2

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

2,081 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s list. The University of Alabama is a large public school situated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awarded 6 masters’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees in 2020-2021.

UA also made our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 2,081 of the 37,840 students enrolled at UA were GI Bill® students, of which 1,128 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,975. During this same period, 357 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UA offers credit for military training for eligible students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UA]](/colleges/the-university-of-alabama/student-life/veterans/)

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