2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Agricultural Business for a Doctorate
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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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Agricultural Business for a Doctorate” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 8,098 people earned their degree in agricultural economics and business, making the major the 101st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, agricultural economics and business graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,304 and had an average of $18,874 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 58 agricultural economics and business graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $23,250 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great agricultural economics and business programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the agricultural economics and business program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Agricultural Business for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree vets studying agricultural business.
Top 1 Best Agricultural Economics & Business Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Agricultural Business for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #1 spot on the list. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s agricultural business degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Economics & Business Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 27,215 students enrolled at UCONN, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Connecticut]](/colleges/university-of-connecticut/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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