2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General for a Doctorate

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In 2020-2021, 182 people earned their degree in Germanic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general, making the major the 936th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 128 Germanic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in Germanic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Germanic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general 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 Germanic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree vets studying germanic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general.

Top 2 Best Germanic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

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University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

4 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 3 doctorate’s Germanic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general degrees in 2020-2021.

UW - Madison also made our “Best Germanic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 44,640 students enrolled at University of Wisconsin - Madison, 4 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UW - Madison]](/colleges/university-of-wisconsin-madison/student-life/veterans/)

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Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana

1 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General for a Doctorate list. Indiana University - Bloomington is a large school located in Bloomington, Indiana that handed out 3 doctorate’s Germanic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general degrees in 2020-2021.

IU Bloomington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Germanic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 43,064 students enrolled at IU Bloomington, 1 were 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 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 IU Bloomington Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Germanic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General 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.

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