2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Slavic, Baltic & Albanian for a Bachelor’s
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Degrees Awarded
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Southeast Region for Slavic, Baltic & Albanian for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 607 people earned their degree in Slavic, Baltic and Albanian languages, making the major the 267th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, Slavic, Baltic and Albanian languages graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,690 and had an average of $16,167 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 83 Slavic, Baltic and Albanian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 75 Slavic, Baltic and Albanian languages graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Slavic, Baltic & Albanian for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in Slavic, Baltic and Albanian languages. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Slavic, Baltic and Albanian languages programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the Slavic, Baltic and Albanian languages program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Slavic, Baltic & Albanian for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Slavic, Baltic & Albanian for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 9 Best Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Slavic, Baltic & Albanian for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Florida State is located in Tallahassee, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s Slavic, Baltic and Albanian degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida State, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 43,569 students enrolled at Florida State, 8 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 8 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,819. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Florida State University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Slavic, Baltic & Albanian for a Bachelor’s. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Slavic, Baltic and Albanian students in 2020-2021.
UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Florida supports 53,372 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. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Slavic, Baltic & Albanian for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Charlottesville, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Slavic, Baltic and Albanian degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
University of Virginia also took the #2 spot in our “Best Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 25,628 students enrolled at University of Virginia, 3 were 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 received scholarships through 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Slavic, Baltic & Albanian for a Bachelor’s list. Duke University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Durham, North Carolina. It awarded 5 bachelors’s Slavic, Baltic and Albanian degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Duke, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Duke supports 16,172 students, and 36 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 9 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,387. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #5 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Slavic, Baltic & Albanian for a Bachelor’s. University of Georgia is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 10 bachelors’s Slavic, Baltic and Albanian degrees in 2020-2021.
UGA also took the #8 spot in our “Best Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 39,147 students enrolled at University of Georgia, 9 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,402. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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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Tulane University of Louisiana ranked #6 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Slavic, Baltic & Albanian for a Bachelor’s list. Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 5 bachelors’s Slavic, Baltic and Albanian degrees in 2020-2021.
Tulane not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 13,927 students enrolled at Tulane were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,227. To help with additional expenses, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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 Tulane University of Louisiana Veteran Student Life Report
West Virginia University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Slavic, Baltic & Albanian for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #7. West Virginia University is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s Slavic, Baltic and Albanian degrees to qualified students.
WVU also made our “Best Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #9.Our most recent data shows that 1,033 of the 26,269 students enrolled at WVU were GI Bill® students, of which 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 66 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Full West Virginia University Veteran Student Life Report
Wake Forest University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Slavic, Baltic & Albanian for a Bachelor’s ranking. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It awarded 1 bachelors’s Slavic, Baltic and Albanian degrees in 2020-2021.
Wake Forest University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Among the 8,789 students enrolled at Wake Forest University, 1 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.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Wake Forest University]](/colleges/wake-forest-university/student-life/veterans/)
Vanderbilt University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Slavic, Baltic & Albanian for a Bachelor’s ranking. This fairly large school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s Slavic, Baltic and Albanian degrees in 2020-2021.
Vanderbilt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 13 of the 13,537 students enrolled at Vanderbilt were GI Bill® students, of which 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,769. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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