2023 Best Middle/Near Eastern & Semitic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General Colleges for Veterans

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly for Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 53 people earned their degree in Middle/Near Eastern and semitic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general, making the major the 1090th most popular in the United States.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Middle/Near Eastern and semitic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Middle/Near Eastern and semitic 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 Middle/Near Eastern and semitic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General”.

Top 2 Best Middle/Near Eastern & Semitic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General Colleges for Veterans

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Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana

1 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$58,814 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #1 spot on the list. Indiana University - Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 ’s Middle/Near Eastern and semitic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general degrees to qualified students.

IU Bloomington also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].According to our most recent data, Indiana University - Bloomington supports 43,064 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at IU Bloomington]](/colleges/indiana-university-bloomington/student-life/veterans/)

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The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

7 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$2,893 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #2 spot on the list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s Middle/Near Eastern and semitic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our vets studying middle/near eastern and semitic languages, literatures, and linguistics, general list, UT Austin has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, UT Austin supports 50,476 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,893. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UT Austin Veteran Student Life Report

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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