2023 Best L&scaping & Groundskeeping Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 New England Region for Landscaping and Groundskeeping for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 781 people earned their degree in landscaping and groundskeeping, making the major the 670th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 8 landscaping and groundskeeping graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 landscaping and groundskeeping graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great landscaping and groundskeeping 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 landscaping and groundskeeping program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Landscaping and Groundskeeping for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree vets studying landscaping and groundskeeping.
Top 1 Best L&scaping & Groundskeeping Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Landscaping and Groundskeeping for an Associate list. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s landscaping and groundskeeping degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
UMass Amherst also made our “Best L&scaping & Groundskeeping Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, University of Massachusetts Amherst supports 31,642 students, and 477 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 252 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,295. During this same period, 21 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Massachusetts Amherst does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Veteran Student Life Report
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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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