2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Architectural History and Criticism, General for a Master’s

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University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Architectural History and Criticism, General for a Master’s. Charlottesville, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s architectural history and criticism, general degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

University of Virginia also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural History & Criticism, General Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Virginia - Main Campus supports 25,628 students, and 3 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through 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 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Virginia - Main Campus Veteran Student Life Report

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The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Architectural History and Criticism, General for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Architectural History & Criticism, General Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, UT Austin supports 50,476 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,893. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UT Austin 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full UT Austin Veteran Student Life Report

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Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Architectural History and Criticism, General for a Master’s list. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 7 masters’s architectural history and criticism, general degrees in 2020-2021.

Columbia also took the #3 spot in our “Best Architectural History & Criticism, General Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 328 students qualified for 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

Full Columbia University in the City of New York Veteran Student Life Report

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University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Architectural History and Criticism, General for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 1 masters’s architectural history and criticism, general degrees in 2020-2021.

UIC also made our “Best Architectural History & Criticism, General Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 33,518 students enrolled at UIC were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $23,878. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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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Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Architectural History and Criticism, General for a Master’s list. Harvard University is a large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 10 masters’s architectural history and criticism, general degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying architectural history and criticism, general list, Harvard has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Architectural History & Criticism, General Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 304 of the 30,391 students enrolled at Harvard were GI Bill® students, of which 254 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,012. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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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Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, Georgia

With a ranking of #6, Savannah College of Art and Design did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Architectural History and Criticism, General for a Master’s list. SCAD is a private not-for-profit institution located in Savannah, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SCAD, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Architectural History & Criticism, General Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 14,265 students enrolled at SCAD, 193 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 135 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,695. In addition to receiving other benefits, 91 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%.

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