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

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Virginia, there were 170 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 Virginia 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. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor 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 teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia 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 Virginia 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 Virginia

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Regent University
Virginia Beach, Virginia

1,414 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s. Regent University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It awarded 16 masters’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees in 2020-2021.

Regent also made our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 1,414 of the 10,483 students enrolled at Regent were GI Bill® students, of which 1,139 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,203. In addition to receiving other benefits, 42 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

13,282 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s list. Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 masters’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees to qualified students.

Liberty University 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 Virginia” list.Among the 93,349 students enrolled at Liberty University, 13,282 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 8,897 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,888. During this same period, 386 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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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.

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