2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Women’s Studies for a Master’s
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the Great Lakes Region for Women’s Studies for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 2,868 people earned their degree in women’s studies, making the major the 259th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 621 women’s studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Women’s Studies for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in women’s studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality women’s studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the women’s studies 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 Women’s Studies for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Women’s Studies for a Master’s”.
Top 4 Best Women’s Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Women’s Studies for a Master’s. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 6 masters’s women’s studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Ohio State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Women’s Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 2 of the 61,369 students enrolled at Ohio State were GI Bill® students, of which 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 received funds through 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Women’s Studies for a Master’s. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s women’s studies students in 2020-2021.
UW - Madison also made our “Best Women’s Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 44,640 students enrolled at UW - Madison, 4 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UW - Madison offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Wisconsin - Madison]](/colleges/university-of-wisconsin-madison/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Women’s Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #3 spot on the list. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large public school situated in Ypsilanti, Michigan. It awarded 3 masters’s women’s studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Eastern Michigan also made our “Best Women’s Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4.According to our most recent data, Eastern Michigan University supports 16,294 students, and 486 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 265 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,462. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eastern Michigan University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Eastern Michigan]](/colleges/eastern-michigan-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Women’s Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s women’s studies students in 2020-2021.
DePaul also took the #3 spot in our “Best Women’s Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 528 of the 21,922 students enrolled at DePaul were GI Bill® students, of which 367 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,957. During this same period, 101 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at DePaul University]](/colleges/depaul-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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