2023 Best Islamic Studies Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Islamic Studies” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 50 people earned their degree in Islamic studies, making the major the 1116th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 17 Islamic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Islamic 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 Islamic studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Islamic Studies” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Islamic Studies
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Islamic Studies”.
Top 1 Best Islamic Studies Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Islamic Studies list. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 10 ’s Islamic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 739 of the 30,135 students enrolled at Columbia were GI Bill® students, of which 467 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $22,069. On top of their other funding sources, 328 students qualified for 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 undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Columbia University in the City of New York]](/colleges/columbia-university-in-the-city-of-new-york/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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