2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Graphic Communication for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$28,000
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Graphic Communication for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Graphic Communications is the 653rd most popular major in the country with 585 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 97 general graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 38 general graphic communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Graphic Communication for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general graphic communications. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general graphic communications 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 general graphic communications 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 Graphic Communication for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree vets studying graphic communication.
Top 2 Best General Graphic Communications Bachelor’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 Graphic Communication for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Carroll University landed the #1 spot on the list. Carroll U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Carroll U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 64 of the 3,451 students enrolled at Carroll University were GI Bill® students, of which 39 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,906. During this same period, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Graphic Communication for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Normal, Illinois, this large public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s graphic communication students in 2020-2021.
Illinois State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Graphic Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 530 of the 20,720 students enrolled at Illinois State University were GI Bill® students, of which 163 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,997. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for 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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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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