2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Logistics Management for a Bachelor’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Logistics Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 10,986 people earned their degree in supply chain management, making the major the 89th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 449 supply chain management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 340 supply chain management graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Logistics Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in supply chain management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality supply chain management 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 supply chain management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Logistics Management for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Logistics Management for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 3 Best Supply Chain Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Logistics Management for a Bachelor’s. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school handed out 212 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s logistics management students in 2020-2021.
UMass Amherst not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Supply Chain Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 477 of the 31,642 students enrolled at University of Massachusetts Amherst were GI Bill® students, of which 252 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,295. On top of their other funding sources, 21 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Massachusetts Amherst]](/colleges/university-of-massachusetts-amherst/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Logistics Management for a Bachelor’s list. URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 73 bachelors’s logistics management degrees to qualified students.
URI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Supply Chain Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 381 of the 17,649 students enrolled at URI were GI Bill® students, of which 187 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,022. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full URI Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Logistics Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bryant University landed the #3 spot on the list. Bryant University is a small school located in Smithfield, Rhode Island that handed out 53 bachelors’s logistics management degrees in 2020-2021.
Bryant also took the #2 spot in our “Best Supply Chain Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 3,674 students enrolled at Bryant University, 46 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 31 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,003. During this same period, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Full Bryant 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.