2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Classical Languages for a Doctorate

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In 2020-2021, 1,267 people earned their degree in General classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics, making the major the 376th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 95 General classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Classical Languages for a Doctorate” 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the General classics and classical languages, literatures, and linguistics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Classical Languages for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree vets studying classical languages.

Top 2 Best General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

1

University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Classical Languages for a Doctorate list. Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 1 doctorate’s classical languages degrees in 2020-2021.

Iowa also made our “Best General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 30,318 students enrolled at University of Iowa, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships 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 88%, 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%.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

752 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Classical Languages for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #2 spot on the list. UMN Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 1 doctorate’s classical languages degrees in 2020-2021.

UMN Twin Cities not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities supports 52,017 students, and 752 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 436 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,020. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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 UMN Twin Cities]](/colleges/university-of-minnesota-twin-cities/student-life/veterans/)

• Best General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Doctor’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.