2023 Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$29,200
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Social Sciences for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,414 people earned their degree in other social sciences, making the major the 263rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 200 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 167 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Social Sciences for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in other social sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other social sciences programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other social sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Social Sciences for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Social Sciences for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 4 Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Social Sciences for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other social sciences students in 2020-2021.
UChicago also made our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 241 of the 17,834 students enrolled at University of Chicago 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 qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 Central Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Social Sciences for a Bachelor’s. Mount Pleasant, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other social sciences degrees to 68 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Central Michigan, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 17,311 students enrolled at Central Michigan 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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $425. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Central Michigan University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Central Michigan]](/colleges/central-michigan-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Social Sciences for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay landed the #3 spot on the list. UW - Green Bay is a medium-sized school located in Green Bay, Wisconsin that handed out 35 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Green Bay, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Of the 8,954 students enrolled at University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, 362 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 200 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,302. To help with additional expenses, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kalamazoo College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Social Sciences for a Bachelor’s list. Kalamazoo College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
K College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 1,451 students enrolled at Kalamazoo College, 3 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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
- *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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