2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Georgia for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 5,764 people earned their degree in teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor, making the major the 176th most popular in the United States.

Across Georgia, there were 122 teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor 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 Georgia for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia master’s degree vets studying teaching english as a second or foreign language/esl language instructor.

Top 2 Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Georgia

1

Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia

1,873 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Georgia State University is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 18 masters’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees in 2020-2021.

Georgia State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,873 of the 36,360 students enrolled at Georgia State University were GI Bill® students, of which 662 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,934. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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2

Valdosta State University
Valdosta, Georgia

589 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Valdosta State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Valdosta State University is a public institution located in Valdosta, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

VSU also made our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #3.Among the 12,304 students enrolled at Valdosta State University, 589 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 232 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,915. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Full VSU Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
• Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’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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