2023 Best Public Finance Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$27,600
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Public Finance” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 48 people earned their degree in public finance, making the major the 1168th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 44 public finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Public Finance” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public finance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public finance 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 public finance program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Public Finance
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Public Finance”.
Top 2 Best Public Finance Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Niagara University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Public Finance. Niagara is a small school located in Niagara University, New York that handed out 20 ’s public finance degrees in 2020-2021.
Niagara also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].According to our most recent data, Niagara supports 3,544 students, and 114 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 60 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,174. To help with additional expenses, 20 students qualified for 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Niagara]](/colleges/niagara-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend York College of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Public Finance. York College of Pennsylvania is a private not-for-profit institution located in York, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
YCP also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 4,039 students enrolled at York College of Pennsylvania, 135 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 91 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,343. During this same period, 5 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. York College of Pennsylvania does offer 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%.
Full YCP 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.
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