2023 Best Islamic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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Ranked Colleges
12
Degrees Awarded
$37,900
Avg Cost*
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 for Islamic Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 50 people earned their degree in Islamic studies, making the major the 1116th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 Islamic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Islamic studies 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 Islamic studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly for Islamic Studies for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
Most Veteran Friendly for Islamic Studies for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Islamic Studies for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Islamic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Islamic Studies for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Islamic studies students in 2020-2021.
Boston College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Islamic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 170 of the 14,934 students enrolled at Boston College were GI Bill® students, of which 100 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,142. During this same period, 64 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Boston College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Boston College]](/colleges/boston-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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