2023 Best Other Rhetoric & Composition/Writing Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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 for Other Rhetoric & Composition/Writing Studies for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 544 people earned their degree in other rhetoric and composition/writing studies, making the major the 586th most popular in the United States.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Rhetoric & Composition/Writing Studies for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other rhetoric and composition/writing studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other rhetoric and composition/writing studies programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other rhetoric and composition/writing studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Other Rhetoric & Composition/Writing Studies for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree vets studying other rhetoric & composition/writing studies.

Top 2 Best Other Rhetoric & Composition/Writing Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

1,311 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 University of Southern California. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Rhetoric & Composition/Writing Studies for a Master’s. University of Southern California is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

USC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Rhetoric & Composition/Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 46,287 students enrolled at USC, 1,311 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 862 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,487. In addition to receiving other benefits, 388 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 USC]](/colleges/university-of-southern-california/student-life/veterans/)

2

Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida

4,199 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$15,240 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Full Sail University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Other Rhetoric & Composition/Writing Studies for a Master’s list. Full Sail University is a large school located in Winter Park, Florida that handed out 130 masters’s other rhetoric and composition/writing studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Sail University also made our “Best Other Rhetoric & Composition/Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2.Among the 24,627 students enrolled at Full Sail University, 4,199 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3,206 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,240. On top of their other funding sources, 604 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Full Sail University]](/colleges/full-sail-university/student-life/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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