2023 Best East Asian Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for East Asian Studies for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 627 people earned their degree in East Asian studies, making the major the 535th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 174 East Asian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for East Asian Studies for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in East Asian studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality East 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 East Asian studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for East Asian Studies for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree vets studying east asian studies.
Top 2 Best East Asian Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for East Asian Studies for a Master’s list. Georgetown University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 29 masters’s East Asian studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Georgetown also made our “Best East Asian Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Georgetown supports 19,371 students, and 10 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $30,300. During this same period, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Georgetown University]](/colleges/georgetown-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for East Asian Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s East Asian studies students in 2020-2021.
Columbia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best East Asian Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 739 of the 30,135 students enrolled at Columbia were GI Bill® students, of which 467 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $22,069. During this same period, 328 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.
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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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