2023 Best Sc&inavian Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Colleges for Veterans

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 for Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Sc&inavian Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics is the 1297th most popular major in the country with 13 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in Scandinavian languages, literatures, and linguistics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great Scandinavian languages, literatures, and linguistics programs and a strong support system for 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 Scandinavian languages, literatures, and linguistics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics”.

Top 2 Best Sc&inavian Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Colleges for Veterans

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

1,283 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$14,190 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified ’s Scandinavian languages, literatures, and linguistics students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our vets studying scandinavian languages, literatures, and linguistics list, UW Seattle has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,283 of the 48,149 students enrolled at University of Washington - Seattle Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 769 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,190. 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, 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%.

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Luther College
Decorah, Iowa

19 GI Bill® Students**

$9,670 Average GI Bill® Award

$51,981 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Luther College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. Luther is located in Decorah, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 ’s Scandinavian languages, literatures, and linguistics degrees to qualified students.

Luther not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 19 of the 1,802 students enrolled at Luther were GI Bill® students, of which 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,670. During this same period, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%.

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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

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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