2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Rhetoric and Composition for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$17,300
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Great Lakes Region for Rhetoric and Composition for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Rhetoric & Composition is the 297th most popular major in the country with 1,871 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 315 rhetoric and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 15 rhetoric and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great rhetoric and composition 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 rhetoric and composition program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The rhetoric and composition school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Rhetoric and Composition for an Associate”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Rhetoric and Composition for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree vets studying rhetoric and composition.
Top 1 Best Rhetoric & Composition Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Rhetoric and Composition for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Ferris State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ferris State University is a fairly large public school situated in Big Rapids, Michigan. It awarded 5 associates’s rhetoric and composition degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ferris, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Rhetoric & Composition Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 11,165 students enrolled at Ferris, 377 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 189 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,426. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Ferris State University]](/colleges/ferris-state-university/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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