2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Individualized Major for a Doctorate
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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 Great Lakes Region for Individualized Major for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies is the 94th most popular major in the country with 9,057 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 554 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general multi-/interdisciplinary studies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The individualized major school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Individualized Major for a Doctorate”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Individualized Major for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Individualized Major for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Individualized Major for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Western Michigan University is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s individualized major degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree vets studying individualized major list, WMU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 584 of the 19,887 students enrolled at Western Michigan University were GI Bill® students, of which 327 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,981. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Western Michigan University 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
- *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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