2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for International Relations for a Master’s

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for International Relations for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

International Relations is the 63rd most popular major in the country with 13,117 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Illinois, there were 382 international relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for International Relations for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in international relations. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great international relations programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the international relations program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Illinois for International Relations for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for International Relations for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for International Relations for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best International Relations Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois

1

University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

241 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for International Relations for a Master’s list. UChicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 48 masters’s international relations degrees to qualified students.

UChicago also took the #1 spot in our “Best International Relations Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Chicago supports 17,834 students, and 241 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 113 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,948. To help with additional expenses, 58 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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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2

DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois

528 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for International Relations for a Master’s list. DePaul is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 11 masters’s international relations degrees in 2020-2021.

DePaul also made our “Best International Relations Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #2.Of the 21,922 students enrolled at DePaul University, 528 were 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. During this same period, 101 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%.

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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.

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