2023 Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Financial Planning for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
Financial Planning & Services is the 430th most popular major in the country with 4,087 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Massachusetts, there were 17 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,029 and $25,475 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality financial planning and services 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 financial planning and services program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Financial Planning for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Financial Planning for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Merrimack College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Financial Planning for a Bachelor’s list. Merrimack is located in North Andover, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s financial planning degrees to qualified students.
Merrimack also took the #1 spot in our “Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking.Of the 5,418 students enrolled at Merrimack, 72 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 39 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,794. On top of their other funding sources, 11 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%.
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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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