2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Parks & Rec for a Doctorate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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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 the Great Lakes Region for Other Parks & Rec for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 174 people earned their degree in other parks, recreation and leisure studies, making the major the 323rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, other parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $27,065 and had an average of $23,516 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 51 other parks, recreation and leisure studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other parks, recreation and leisure studies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other parks, recreation and leisure studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Parks & Rec for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree vets studying other parks & rec.
Top 1 Best Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure 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 Other Parks & Rec for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #1 spot on the list. Indiana University - Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s other parks and rec degrees to qualified students.
IU Bloomington also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 43,064 students enrolled at IU Bloomington were GI Bill® students, of which 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. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships 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 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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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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