2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for English or French for a Bachelor’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 the Southeast Region for English or French for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Teaching English or French is the 140th most popular major in the country with 5,791 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, teaching English or French graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,917 and had an average of $20,920 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 933 teaching English or French graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,605 and $21,497 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 teaching English or French graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for English or French for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teaching English or French. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent teaching English or French programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 or French program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for English or French for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for English or French for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 3 Best Teaching English or French Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

1

Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

13,282 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for English or French for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s English or French degrees in 2020-2021.

Liberty University also made our “Best Teaching English or French Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.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. On top of their other funding sources, 386 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Liberty University offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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Union University
Jackson, Tennessee

78 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$12,190 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for English or French for a Bachelor’s list. Union University is located in Jackson, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s English or French degrees to qualified students.

Union also took the #3 spot in our “Best Teaching English or French Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 3,071 students enrolled at Union, 78 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 53 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,190. During this same period, 13 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Union]](/colleges/union-university/student-life/veterans/)

3

Lee University
Cleveland, Tennessee

121 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$13,028 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for English or French for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Lee University landed the #3 spot on the list. Lee University is located in Cleveland, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s English or French degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lee University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Teaching English or French Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 121 of the 5,204 students enrolled at Lee University were GI Bill® students, of which 71 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,028. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%.

Full Lee University 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

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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