The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Medieval Studies for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Notre Dame. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Medieval Studies for a Master’s. Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit institution located in Notre Dame, Indiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Notre Dame not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Medieval Studies Master’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 12,809 students enrolled at Notre Dame, 11 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 20 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,670. During this same period, 7 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Medieval Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #2 spot on the list. Yale University is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s medieval studies degrees to qualified students.
Yale also made our “Best Medieval Studies Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Among the 12,060 students enrolled at Yale University, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,238. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Yale]](/colleges/yale-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Medieval Studies for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and it awarded 3 masters’s medieval studies degrees in 2020-2021.
WMU also made our “Best Medieval Studies Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3.Of the 19,887 students enrolled at WMU, 584 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 327 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,981. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. WMU offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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