2023 Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Far Western US Region for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor is the 176th most popular major in the country with 5,764 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 610 teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 63 teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor 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 teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

1

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii

3 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Manoa, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, UH Manoa supports 18,025 students, and 3 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $22,153. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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 Hawaii at Manoa Veteran Student Life Report

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Eastern Washington University
Cheney, Washington

647 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Bachelor’s list. EWU is a public institution located in Cheney, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

EWU also made our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 12,349 students enrolled at EWU, 647 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 296 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,760. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. EWU offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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 Eastern Washington University]](/colleges/eastern-washington-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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.

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