2023 Best Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 for Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is the 676th most popular major in the country with 500 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

1

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas

11 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics for a Master’s list. Fayetteville, Arkansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying other foreign languages, literatures, & linguistics list, UARK has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 11 of the 27,562 students enrolled at University of Arkansas were GI Bill® students, of which 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,975. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full University of Arkansas Veteran Student Life Report

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University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware

364 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics for a Master’s. Newark, Delaware is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

UD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Foreign Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, University of Delaware supports 23,613 students, and 364 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 188 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,229. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UD]](/colleges/university-of-delaware/student-life/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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to John Stephen Dwyer.