2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Linguistics and Anthropology

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 for Linguistics and Anthropology” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Linguistics and Anthropology is the 382nd most popular major in the country with 4 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Linguistics and Anthropology” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in linguistics and anthropology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality linguistics and anthropology programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the linguistics and anthropology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Linguistics and Anthropology

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Linguistics and Anthropology”.

Top 2 Best Linguistics and Anthropology Colleges for Veterans

1

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

2,131 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$8,880 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Linguistics and Anthropology list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 2 ’s linguistics and anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our vets studying linguistics and anthropology list, University of Arizona has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 45,601 students enrolled at University of Arizona, 2,131 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,478 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,880. In addition to receiving other benefits, 31 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Arizona offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Arizona Veteran Student Life Report

2

San Diego State University
San Diego, California

1,433 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$4,806 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Linguistics and Anthropology list. San Diego State University is a large public school situated in San Diego, California. It awarded 2 ’s linguistics and anthropology degrees in 2020-2021.

SDSU also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Our most recent data shows that 1,433 of the 36,334 students enrolled at SDSU were GI Bill® students, of which 853 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,806. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. SDSU does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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.