2023 Best Adult & Continuing Education Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$28,300
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Adult and Continuing Ed” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Adult & Continuing Education is the 432nd most popular major in the country with 1,074 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 79 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Adult and Continuing Ed” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in adult and continuing education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality adult and continuing education programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the adult and continuing education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Adult and Continuing Ed
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region vets studying adult and continuing ed.
Top 4 Best Adult & Continuing Education Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Adult and Continuing Ed that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #1 spot on the list. Bloomington, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s adult and continuing ed degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
IU Bloomington also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 43,064 students enrolled at Indiana University - Bloomington, 1 are 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. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Adult and Continuing Ed list. Ball State University is a large school located in Muncie, Indiana that handed out 19 ’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Ball State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Among the 21,597 students enrolled at Ball State, 455 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 182 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,124. In addition to receiving other benefits, 29 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 Ball State]](/colleges/ball-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Muskingum University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Adult and Continuing Ed. New Concord, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s adult and continuing ed degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Muskingum did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.According to our most recent data, Muskingum supports 2,231 students, and 50 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 27 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,445. On top of their other funding sources, 11 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Muskingum University]](/colleges/muskingum-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cleveland State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Adult and Continuing Ed list. Cleveland State University is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 29 ’s adult and continuing ed degrees to qualified students.
Cleveland State University also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, Cleveland State University supports 15,247 students, and 411 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 169 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,076. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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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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