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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Global Studies for a Bachelor’s

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Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Global Studies for a Bachelor's

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Kentucky for Global Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

International/Globalization Studies is the 112th most popular major in the country with 7,368 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Kentucky, there were 78 international/globalization studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 76 international/globalization studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,941 and $26,734 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Global Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in international/globalization studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international/globalization studies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 international/globalization studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Global Studies for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Global Studies for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best International/Globalization Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Kentucky

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University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Global Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #1 spot on the list. UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 36 bachelors’s global studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UK, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best International/Globalization Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking.Among the 29,986 students enrolled at University of Kentucky, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Centre College
Danville, Kentucky

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Global Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Centre College landed the #2 spot on the list. Danville, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s global studies degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Centre College of Kentucky, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best International/Globalization Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 14 of the 1,333 students enrolled at Centre College of Kentucky were GI Bill® students, of which 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,854. In addition to receiving other benefits, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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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