2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Chinese Language for a Bachelor’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Southeast Region for Chinese Language for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 718 people earned their degree in Chinese language and literature, making the major the 518th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 50 Chinese language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 Chinese language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Chinese Language for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in Chinese language and literature. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Chinese language and literature programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Chinese language and literature program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Chinese Language for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Chinese Language for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Chinese Language for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 3 Best Chinese Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

1

Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky

847 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Chinese Language for a Bachelor’s. Western Kentucky University is a public institution located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

WKU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Chinese Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, WKU supports 17,517 students, and 847 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 345 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,743. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full Western Kentucky University Veteran Student Life Report

2

West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia

1,033 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Chinese Language for a Bachelor’s list. WVU is a large school located in Morgantown, West Virginia that handed out 4 bachelors’s Chinese language degrees in 2020-2021.

WVU also made our “Best Chinese Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2.Among the 26,269 students enrolled at West Virginia University, 1,033 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 458 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,599. During this same period, 66 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Full WVU Veteran Student Life Report

3

Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$74,968 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wake Forest University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Chinese Language for a Bachelor’s. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that handed out 5 bachelors’s Chinese language degrees in 2020-2021.

Wake Forest University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Chinese Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Wake Forest University supports 8,789 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 Wake Forest University]](/colleges/wake-forest-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Chinese Language & Literature 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Betoseha.