2023 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in North Carolina
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 556,813 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,337 and had an average of $17,430 in loans still to pay off.
Across North Carolina, there were 18,469 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,649 and $14,171 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities for a Master’s”.
Top 4 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in North Carolina
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #1 spot on the list. NC State is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 9 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2020-2021.
NC State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,102 of the 36,042 students enrolled at NC State were GI Bill® students, of which 493 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,886. In addition to receiving other benefits, 27 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. NC State offers credit for military training for eligible 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at NC State]](/colleges/north-carolina-state-university-at-raleigh/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the #2 spot on the list. UNC Greensboro is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 29 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNC Greensboro, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 885 of the 19,764 students enrolled at University of North Carolina at Greensboro were GI Bill® students, of which 329 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,723. In addition to receiving other benefits, 14 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full UNC Greensboro Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities for a Master’s list. Duke is a private not-for-profit institution located in Durham, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Duke also took the #2 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking.Of the 16,172 students enrolled at Duke, 36 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,387. During this same period, 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 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. 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%.
Full Duke Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Asheville. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities for a Master’s. UNCA is located in Asheville, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.
UNCA also took the #4 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking.Among the 3,363 students enrolled at UNCA, 153 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 75 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,454. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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