2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for General Social Sciences for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
190
Degrees Awarded
$35,300
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the Great Lakes Region for General Social Sciences for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 18,762 people earned their degree in general social sciences, making the major the 44th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 555 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for General Social Sciences for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general social sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general social sciences programs and a strong support system for 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 general social sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for General Social Sciences for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for General Social Sciences for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for General Social Sciences for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general social sciences degrees to 168 students in 2020-2021.
UChicago also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 241 of the 17,834 students enrolled at UChicago were GI Bill® students, of which 113 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,948. During this same period, 58 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UChicago]](/colleges/university-of-chicago/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for General Social Sciences for a Master’s. Athens, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general social sciences degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
OHIO Athens also made our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, OHIO Athens supports 25,714 students, and 726 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 324 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,725. To help with additional expenses, 10 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full OHIO Athens Veteran Student Life Report
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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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