2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Gerontology for a Master’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Gerontology for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Gerontology is the 485th most popular major in the country with 1,234 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 306 gerontology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Gerontology for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in gerontology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great gerontology programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the gerontology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Gerontology for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Gerontology for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Gerontology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Oxford. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Gerontology for a Master’s list. Oxford, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s gerontology degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Miami University - Oxford also made our “Best Gerontology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Miami University - Oxford supports 18,880 students, and 405 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 259 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,877. To help with additional expenses, 6 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Miami University - Oxford does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Illinois University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Gerontology for a Master’s list. Charleston, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s gerontology degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
EIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Gerontology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 8,626 students enrolled at EIU, 184 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 46 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,730. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. EIU does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Eastern Illinois University]](/colleges/eastern-illinois-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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