2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Photography for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Photography for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,184 people earned their degree in photography, making the major the 310th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 249 photography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Photography for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in photography. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality photography programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the photography program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Photography for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Photography for a Master’s”.
Top 3 Best Photography Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia College Chicago. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Photography for a Master’s. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s photography degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Photography Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 6,769 students enrolled at Columbia College Chicago, 140 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 98 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,151. In addition to receiving other benefits, 25 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Columbia College Chicago offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Columbia College Chicago]](/colleges/columbia-college-chicago/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Photography for a Master’s list. OHIO Athens is a large school located in Athens, Ohio that handed out 2 masters’s photography degrees in 2020-2021.
OHIO Athens also took the #1 spot in our “Best Photography Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 25,714 students enrolled at OHIO Athens, 726 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 324 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,725. In addition to receiving other benefits, 10 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. OHIO Athens offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Ohio University - Athens Campus Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Photography for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Cranbrook Academy of Art landed the #3 spot on the list. Cranbrook Academy of Art is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Carnbrook Academy also took the #3 spot in our “Best Photography Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 126 students enrolled at Carnbrook Academy were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Carnbrook Academy]](/colleges/cranbrook-academy-of-art/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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