2023 Best Rhetoric & Composition Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Rhetoric and Composition for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,871 people earned their degree in rhetoric and composition, making the major the 297th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 315 rhetoric and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Rhetoric and Composition for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in rhetoric and composition. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality rhetoric and composition programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the rhetoric and composition program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 a Master’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Rhetoric and Composition for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree vets studying rhetoric and composition.
Top 2 Best Rhetoric & Composition Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Rhetoric and Composition for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 7 masters’s rhetoric and composition degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at DePaul, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Rhetoric & Composition Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 21,922 students enrolled at DePaul University, 528 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 367 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,957. To help with additional expenses, 101 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. DePaul University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Rhetoric and Composition for a Master’s. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s rhetoric and composition students in 2020-2021.
Michigan State also made our “Best Rhetoric & Composition Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Michigan State University supports 49,695 students, and 2 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,686. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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