2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Asian Studies for a Master’s
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 the Far Western US Region for Asian Studies for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Asian Studies is the 452nd most popular major in the country with 925 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 245 Asian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Asian Studies for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in Asian studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Asian studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the Asian studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Asian Studies for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree vets studying asian studies.
Top 3 Best Asian Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Asian Studies for a Master’s list. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s Asian studies degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
UH Manoa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Asian Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Hawaii at Manoa supports 18,025 students, and 3 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $22,153. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Hawaii at Manoa 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%.
Full UH Manoa Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of San Francisco. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Asian Studies for a Master’s. USFCA is a fairly large school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 17 masters’s Asian studies degrees in 2020-2021.
USFCA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Asian Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 6 of the 10,068 students enrolled at USFCA were GI Bill® students, of which 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,232. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. USFCA offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
Full University of San Francisco Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oregon. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Asian Studies for a Master’s. University of Oregon is a large school located in Eugene, Oregon that handed out 5 masters’s Asian studies degrees in 2020-2021.
UO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Asian Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Of the 21,752 students enrolled at UO, 582 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 314 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,688. During this same period, 25 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
Full UO 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
- *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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