2023 Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Michigan
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$31,200
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Michigan for Elementary Teaching for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Elementary Education is the 17th most popular major in the country with 43,003 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Michigan, there were 713 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Elementary Teaching for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in elementary education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent elementary education 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 elementary education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Elementary Teaching for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan master’s degree vets studying elementary teaching.
Top 2 Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Michigan
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Elementary Teaching for a Master’s list. Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 masters’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.
Wayne State also made our “Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Wayne State University supports 26,241 students, and 470 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 244 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,101. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Wayne State University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Wayne State University]](/colleges/wayne-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Elementary Teaching for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakland University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan, and it awarded 16 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oakland, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking.Among the 18,552 students enrolled at Oakland, 323 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 197 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,271. During this same period, 0 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 Oakland University]](/colleges/oakland-university/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
- *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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