2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for South Asian 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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for South Asian for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 24 people earned their degree in South Asian languages, making the major the 367th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, South Asian 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.
Across Illinois, there were 7 South Asian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great South Asian languages programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the South Asian languages program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for South Asian for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for South Asian for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for South Asian for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best South Asian Languages Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for South Asian for a Master’s list. UChicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 2 masters’s South Asian degrees in 2020-2021.
UChicago also took the #1 spot in our “Best South Asian Languages Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 241 of the 17,834 students enrolled at University of Chicago were GI Bill® students, of which 113 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,948. On top of their other funding sources, 58 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%. 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Chicago]](/colleges/university-of-chicago/student-life/veterans/)
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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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