2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Insurance for a Master’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Insurance for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Insurance is the 201st most popular major in the country with 1,809 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, insurance graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,764 and had an average of $24,058 in loans still to pay off.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Insurance for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in insurance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality insurance programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the insurance program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Insurance for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree vets studying insurance.
Top 8 Best Insurance Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Insurance for a Master’s list. Florida State is a large school located in Tallahassee, Florida that handed out 21 masters’s insurance degrees in 2020-2021.
Florida State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Insurance Master’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 8 of the 43,569 students enrolled at Florida State University were GI Bill® students, of which 8 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,819. 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Florida State University]](/colleges/florida-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Insurance for a Master’s. This large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 1 masters’s insurance degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Insurance Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 44,640 students enrolled at University of Wisconsin - Madison, 4 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Olivet College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Insurance for a Master’s. Olivet, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s insurance degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Olivet not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Insurance Master’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, Olivet College supports 1,023 students, and 26 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 14 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,772. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Olivet College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Olivet]](/colleges/olivet-college/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Insurance for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #3 spot on the list. Boston U is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 14 masters’s insurance degrees in 2020-2021.
Boston U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Insurance Master’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, Boston U supports 32,718 students, and 15 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $25,162. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Boston U]](/colleges/boston-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Insurance for a Master’s list. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Akron, Ohio. It awarded 1 masters’s insurance degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying insurance list, University of Akron Main Campus has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Insurance Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 16,094 students enrolled at University of Akron Main Campus, 2 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,240. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Cambridge College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Insurance for a Master’s ranking. Cambridge College is a small school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 2 masters’s insurance degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cambridge College, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Insurance Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Cambridge College supports 2,764 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,459. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Cambridge College]](/colleges/cambridge-college/student-life/veterans/)
Butler University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly for Insurance for a Master’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and it awarded 18 masters’s insurance degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Butler, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Insurance Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 5,544 students enrolled at Butler University, 72 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 47 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,847. During this same period, 33 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Butler Veteran Student Life Report
Saint Peter’s University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly for Insurance for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Jersey City, New Jersey, and it awarded 16 masters’s insurance degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Saint Peter’s College, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Insurance Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 25 of the 3,197 students enrolled at Saint Peter’s College were GI Bill® students, of which 8 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,939. During this same period, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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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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