2023 Best General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Minnesota

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Classical Languages for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is the 376th most popular major in the country with 1,267 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Minnesota, there were 26 General classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 General classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,071 and $28,140 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Classical Languages for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in General classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent General classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the General classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Classical Languages for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Classical Languages for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Minnesota

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Gustavus Adolphus College
Saint Peter, Minnesota

24 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gustavus Adolphus College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Classical Languages for a Bachelor’s list. Saint Peter, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s classical languages degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

Gustavus Adolphus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list.According to our most recent data, Gustavus Adolphus College supports 2,230 students, and 24 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 12 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,970. In addition to receiving other benefits, 7 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. 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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St Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota

23 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$25,252 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Classical Languages for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, St Olaf College landed the #2 spot on the list. Northfield, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s classical languages degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

St. Olaf also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking.Of the 2,953 students enrolled at St Olaf College, 23 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 10 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $25,252. During this same period, 4 students received scholarships 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full St. Olaf Veteran Student Life Report

• Best General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
• Best General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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.