2023 Best Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$29,300
Avg Cost*
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 Middle Atlantic Region for Accounting Technology and Bookkeeping for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 19,817 people earned their degree in accounting technology/technician and bookkeeping, making the major the 114th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,011 accounting technology/technician and bookkeeping graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 191 accounting technology/technician and bookkeeping graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Accounting Technology and Bookkeeping for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in accounting technology/technician and bookkeeping. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality accounting technology/technician and bookkeeping programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the accounting technology/technician and bookkeeping program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Accounting Technology and Bookkeeping for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Accounting Technology and Bookkeeping for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Accounting Technology and Bookkeeping for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rowan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Glassboro, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting technology and bookkeeping degrees to 165 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree vets studying accounting technology and bookkeeping list, Rowan has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Among the 19,678 students enrolled at Rowan University, 423 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 221 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,069. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Rowan University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Accounting Technology and Bookkeeping for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Canisius College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Buffalo, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s accounting technology and bookkeeping students in 2020-2021.
Canisius did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 2,820 students enrolled at Canisius College, 67 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 40 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,349. On top of their other funding sources, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
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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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