Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Central & Eastern European Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the #1 spot on the list. Stanford is located in Stanford, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s Central and Eastern European studies degrees to qualified students.
Stanford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Central & Eastern European Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.According to our most recent data, Stanford supports 15,953 students, and 188 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 118 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,909. On top of their other funding sources, 61 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Stanford]](/colleges/stanford-university/student-life/veterans/)