2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Higher Education/Higher Education Administration is the 160th most popular major in the country with 4,709 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Wisconsin, there were 76 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in higher education/higher education administration. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great higher education/higher education administration 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 higher education/higher education administration program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Wisconsin

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University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
La Crosse, Wisconsin

230 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration for a Master’s. UW - La Crosse is a fairly large school located in La Crosse, Wisconsin that handed out 36 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2020-2021.

UW - La Crosse not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list.Of the 10,531 students enrolled at University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, 230 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 79 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,846. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Wisconsin - La Crosse does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, 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%.

Full University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Veteran Student Life Report

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University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Whitewater, Wisconsin

383 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration for a Master’s list. Whitewater, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

UW - Whitewater did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list.Among the 11,989 students enrolled at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, 383 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 181 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,342. To help with additional expenses, 7 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater]](/colleges/university-of-wisconsin-whitewater/student-life/veterans/)

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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.

Credits

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