2023 Best Applied Linguistics Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Applied Linguistics for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 198 people earned their degree in applied linguistics, making the major the 862nd most popular in the United States.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Applied Linguistics for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in applied linguistics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great applied linguistics programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the applied linguistics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Applied Linguistics for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree vets studying applied linguistics.

Top 3 Best Applied Linguistics Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

1

University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon

582 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Applied Linguistics for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #1 spot on the list. Eugene, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s applied linguistics degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.

UO also made our “Best Applied Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Of the 21,752 students enrolled at University of Oregon, 582 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 314 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,688. In addition to receiving other benefits, 25 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Oregon does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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 University of Oregon]](/colleges/university-of-oregon/student-life/veterans/)

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 for Applied Linguistics for a Master’s list. Morgantown, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s applied linguistics degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.

WVU also made our “Best Applied Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, West Virginia University supports 26,269 students, and 1,033 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 458 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,599. To help with additional expenses, 66 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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3

University of Massachusetts - Boston
Boston, Massachusetts

678 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$12,414 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Applied Linguistics for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts - Boston is a fairly large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 39 masters’s applied linguistics degrees in 2020-2021.

UMass Boston did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Applied Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 16,259 students enrolled at UMass Boston, 678 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 362 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,414. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UMass Boston does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Pandit Rahul Sanskrutayan, Banshidhar Mohanty.