2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Financial Planning for a Master’s
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Financial Planning for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 4,087 people earned their degree in financial planning and services, making the major the 430th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 140 financial planning and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality financial planning and services programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the financial planning and services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. 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 Financial Planning 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 Financial Planning for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree vets studying financial planning.
Top 1 Best Financial Planning & Services Master’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 Financial Planning for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bentley University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Waltham, Massachusetts, and it awarded 3 masters’s financial planning degrees in 2020-2021.
Bentley also made our “Best Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 31 of the 5,177 students enrolled at Bentley University were GI Bill® students, of which 15 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,487. In addition to receiving other benefits, 10 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. 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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