2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature is the 1223rd most popular major in the country with 42 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in cultural studies and comparative literature. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great cultural studies and comparative literature 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 cultural studies and comparative literature program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature”.

Top 2 Best Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature Colleges for Veterans

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

752 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$13,020 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s cultural studies and comparative literature degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

UMN Twin Cities also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 52,017 students enrolled at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 752 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 436 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,020. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

3,565 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$7,531 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature. The University of Texas at San Antonio is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 ’s cultural studies and comparative literature degrees to qualified students.

UTSA also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Of the 34,742 students enrolled at The University of Texas at San Antonio, 3,565 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,847 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,531. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. The University of Texas at San Antonio does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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

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.