2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Security Science and Technology
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Ranked Colleges
482
Degrees Awarded
$31,100
Avg Cost*
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 Security Science and Technology” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 6,888 people earned their degree in security science and technology, making the major the 123rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, security science and technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 482 security science and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality security science and technology programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the security science and technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Security Science and Technology
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region vets studying security science and technology.
Top 1 Best Security Science and Technology Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Security Science and Technology that were part of this year’s ranking, North Park University landed the #1 spot on the list. North Park University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
North Park also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 2,831 students enrolled at North Park, 30 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 23 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,080. During this same period, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. North Park 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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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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