2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Modern Languages for a Master’s
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Modern Languages for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Modern Languages is the 234th most popular major in the country with 2,871 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 287 modern languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Modern Languages for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in modern languages. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality modern languages programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the modern languages program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Modern Languages for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree vets studying modern languages.
Top 3 Best Modern Languages Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Modern Languages for a Master’s list. UT Arlington is a public institution located in Arlington, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UT Arlington also took the #2 spot in our “Best Modern Languages Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Among the 48,072 students enrolled at The University of Texas at Arlington, 2,109 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,211 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,630. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 The University of Texas at Arlington]](/colleges/the-university-of-texas-at-arlington/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Modern Languages for a Master’s list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s modern languages degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
Texas Tech also made our “Best Modern Languages Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Texas Tech supports 40,322 students, and 1,242 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 630 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,480. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.
Full Texas Tech Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Modern Languages for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Lamar University landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Beaumont, Texas, and it awarded 5 masters’s modern languages degrees in 2020-2021.
Lamar University also made our “Best Modern Languages Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3.Our most recent data shows that 692 of the 16,637 students enrolled at Lamar University were GI Bill® students, of which 353 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,108. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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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