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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Area Studies for a Master’s

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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Area Studies for a Master's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Area Studies for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 6,966 people earned their degree in area studies, making the major the 115th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, area studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,127 and had an average of $20,927 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 148 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,250 and $19,500 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Area Studies for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in area studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality area studies programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the area studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Area Studies for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Area Studies for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree vets studying area studies.

Top 2 Best Area Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Area Studies for a Master’s list. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 14 masters’s area studies degrees in 2020-2021.

UIUC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign supports 52,679 students, and 10 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]](/colleges/university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign/student-life/veterans/)

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University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Area Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 30 masters’s area studies degrees in 2020-2021.

UChicago also made our “Best Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 241 of the 17,834 students enrolled at University of Chicago were GI Bill® students, of which 113 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,948. On top of their other funding sources, 58 students qualified for 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 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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