2023 Best Russian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Russian Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 166 people earned their degree in Russian studies, making the major the 878th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 25 Russian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 Russian studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Russian Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in Russian studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Russian studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Russian studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Russian Studies for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree vets studying russian studies.
Top 2 Best Russian Studies 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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Russian Studies for a Bachelor’s. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s Russian studies degrees to qualified students.
UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Russian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 52,679 students enrolled at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 10 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 UIUC Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oberlin College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Russian Studies for a Bachelor’s list. Oberlin is located in Oberlin, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s Russian studies degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oberlin, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Russian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 2,658 students enrolled at Oberlin College, 28 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 21 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $23,015. In addition to receiving other benefits, 17 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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 Oberlin]](/colleges/oberlin-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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