2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for English or French for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
39
Degrees Awarded
$47,975
Avg Salary
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Alabama for English or French for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 5,791 people earned their degree in teaching English or French, making the major the 140th most popular in the United States. 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 Alabama, there were 74 teaching English or French graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,975 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for English or French for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the teaching English or French program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for English or French for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for English or French for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Teaching English or French Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Alabama
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for English or French for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #1 spot on the list. Birmingham, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s English or French degrees to 30 students in 2020-2021.
UAB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Teaching English or French Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list.Of the 22,563 students enrolled at UAB, 1,194 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 508 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,983. During this same period, 15 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UAB offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Alabama at Birmingham]](/colleges/university-of-alabama-at-birmingham/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for English or French for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #2 spot on the list. UA is a large school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that handed out 6 masters’s English or French degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UA, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Teaching English or French Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking.Among the 37,840 students enrolled at UA, 2,081 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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 funds through 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at The University of Alabama]](/colleges/the-university-of-alabama/student-life/veterans/)
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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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