2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Special Ed for a Bachelor’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Special Ed for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Other Special Education & Teaching is the 418th most popular major in the country with 1,227 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 177 other special education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 83 other special education and teaching 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 Special Ed for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in other special education and teaching. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other special education and teaching programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other special education and teaching program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Special Ed for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Special Ed for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 7 Best Other Special Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Dayton. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Special Ed for a Bachelor’s. University of Dayton is a fairly large school located in Dayton, Ohio that handed out 12 bachelors’s other special education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
UDayton also made our “Best Other Special Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 11,650 students enrolled at UDayton, 197 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 142 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,930. To help with additional expenses, 40 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UDayton offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Dayton]](/colleges/university-of-dayton/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Special Ed for a Bachelor’s list. Purdue is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 21 bachelors’s other special education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Purdue also made our “Best Other Special Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 46,655 students enrolled at Purdue University - Main Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,765. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Full Purdue University - Main Campus Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Indiana. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Special Ed for a Bachelor’s. Evansville, Indiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other special education and teaching degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
USI also took the #6 spot in our “Best Other Special Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 10,203 students enrolled at USI, 162 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 87 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,638. To help with additional expenses, 0 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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Out of the 7 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Special Ed for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Walsh University landed the #4 spot on the list. Walsh University is located in North Canton, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s other special education and teaching degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Walsh, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Other Special Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Walsh supports 2,651 students, and 41 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 24 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,644. In addition to receiving other benefits, 5 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Walsh offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Shawnee State University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Special Ed for a Bachelor’s. Shawnee State University is a small public school situated in Portsmouth, Ohio. It awarded 4 bachelors’s other special education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree vets studying other special ed list, Shawnee State University has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Other Special Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 80 of the 3,485 students enrolled at Shawnee State University were GI Bill® students, of which 38 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,614. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Shawnee State University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Shawnee State University Veteran Student Life Report
Carthage College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Special Ed for a Bachelor’s ranking. Carthage is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Carthage did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Other Special Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 2,763 students enrolled at Carthage College, 39 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 25 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,318. During this same period, 12 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Carthage]](/colleges/carthage-college/student-life/veterans/)
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Special Ed for a Bachelor’s ranking. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College is a small school located in Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana that handed out 5 bachelors’s other special education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
SMWC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Other Special Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 23 of the 1,099 students enrolled at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College were GI Bill® students, of which 15 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,719. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full SMWC Veteran Student Life Report
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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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