2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Iranian & Persian for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$37,400
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Iranian & Persian for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 4 people earned their degree in Iranian and Persian languages, making the major the 382nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, Iranian and Persian languages graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 Iranian and Persian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Iranian and Persian languages 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 Iranian and Persian languages program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 for Iranian & Persian for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Iranian & Persian for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree vets studying iranian & persian.
Top 1 Best Iranian & Persian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Iranian & Persian for a Bachelor’s list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Iranian and Persian students in 2020-2021.
UMCP also took the #1 spot in our “Best Iranian & Persian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 16 of the 40,709 students enrolled at UMCP were GI Bill® students, of which 13 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,716. During this same period, 8 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UMCP does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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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
- *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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