2023 Best Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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Ranked Colleges
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Conflict Resolution for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,175 people earned their degree in peace studies and conflict resolution, making the major the 410th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 143 peace studies and conflict resolution graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 94 peace studies and conflict resolution graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Conflict Resolution for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in peace studies and conflict resolution. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality peace studies and conflict resolution programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the peace studies and conflict resolution program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Conflict Resolution for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Conflict Resolution for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree vets studying conflict resolution.
Top 2 Best Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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 in the Great Lakes Region for Conflict Resolution for a Bachelor’s. University of Notre Dame is located in Notre Dame, Indiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s conflict resolution degrees to qualified students.
Notre Dame also took the #1 spot in our “Best Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 11 of the 12,809 students enrolled at Notre Dame were GI Bill® students, of which 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 7 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Conflict Resolution for a Bachelor’s. DePaul is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 22 bachelors’s conflict resolution degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at DePaul, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 21,922 students enrolled at DePaul, 528 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 367 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,957. On top of their other funding sources, 101 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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
- *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.