2023 Best Turf & Turfgrass Management Bachelor’s 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 pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Turf and Turfgrass Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Turf & Turfgrass Management is the 762nd most popular major in the country with 340 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 10 turf and turfgrass management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 turf and turfgrass management graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality turf and turfgrass management programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the turf and turfgrass management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Turf and Turfgrass Management for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Turf and Turfgrass Management for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying turf and turfgrass management.
Top 1 Best Turf & Turfgrass Management Bachelor’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 Turf and Turfgrass Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #1 spot on the list. UMass Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 6 bachelors’s turf and turfgrass management degrees in 2020-2021.
UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Turf & Turfgrass Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 31,642 students enrolled at University of Massachusetts Amherst, 477 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 252 were 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 qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
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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