2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Individualized Major for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$17,200
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Illinois for Individualized Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies is the 94th most popular major in the country with 9,057 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Illinois, there were 67 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 56 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general multi-/interdisciplinary studies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general multi-/interdisciplinary studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The individualized major school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Individualized Major for a Bachelor’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Individualized Major for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree vets studying individualized major.
Top 1 Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Individualized Major for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a fairly large school located in Edwardsville, Illinois that handed out 49 bachelors’s individualized major degrees in 2020-2021.
SIUE not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list.Our most recent data shows that 3 of the 12,860 students enrolled at SIUE were GI Bill® students, of which 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $23,082. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at SIUE]](/colleges/southern-illinois-university-edwardsville/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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