2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Landscape for a Master’s
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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 has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Landscape for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Landscape Architecture is the 247th most popular major in the country with 905 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, landscape architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,957 and had an average of $24,403 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 60 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,998 and $25,619 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Landscape for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in landscape architecture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great landscape architecture 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 landscape architecture program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Landscape for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Landscape for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Landscape for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Landscape for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 13 masters’s landscape degrees in 2020-2021.
Harvard also made our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 30,391 students enrolled at Harvard, 304 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 254 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,012. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston Architectural College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Landscape for a Master’s list. Boston Architectural College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Boston Architectural College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Among the 742 students enrolled at Boston Architectural College, 20 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,635. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students qualified for 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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Boston Architectural College]](/colleges/boston-architectural-college/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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