2023 Best Portuguese Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Portuguese for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Portuguese is the 1010th most popular major in the country with 86 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 12 Portuguese graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Portuguese for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in Portuguese. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Portuguese 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 Portuguese 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 Portuguese for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree vets studying portuguese.

Top 2 Best Portuguese Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

1

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, Ohio

2 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Portuguese for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Portuguese Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 61,369 students enrolled at Ohio State, 2 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. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Ohio State offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, 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%.

Full Ohio State Veteran Student Life Report

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois

10 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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Portuguese for a Master’s. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 1 masters’s Portuguese degrees in 2020-2021.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Portuguese Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 10 of the 52,679 students enrolled at UIUC were GI Bill® students, of which 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 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 94%. 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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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 Susana Freixeiro.