2023 Best Jewish Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Judaic Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Jewish Studies is the 445th most popular major in the country with 1,387 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 84 Jewish studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 42 Jewish studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Judaic Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in Jewish studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Jewish studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Jewish studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 in the Great Lakes Region for Judaic Studies for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Judaic Studies for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree vets studying judaic studies.
Top 2 Best Jewish Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Judaic Studies for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s Judaic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
UChicago also took the #1 spot in our “Best Jewish Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 241 of the 17,834 students enrolled at UChicago were GI Bill® students, of which 113 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,948. To help with additional expenses, 58 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 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 UChicago Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Judaic Studies for a Bachelor’s list. UWM is a public institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UWM also took the #2 spot in our “Best Jewish Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 24,565 students enrolled at UWM, 983 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 494 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,519. During this same period, 3 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UWM does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UWM]](/colleges/university-of-wisconsin-milwaukee/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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