2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Insurance
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Ranked Colleges
66
Degrees Awarded
$31,300
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Insurance” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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.
Across New York, there were 66 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,379 and $25,914 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Insurance” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in insurance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality insurance programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the insurance program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
More Ways to Rank Insurance Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Insurance” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Insurance
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Insurance”.
Top 2 Best Insurance Colleges for Veterans in New York
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Oswego. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Insurance list. This medium-sized school is located in Oswego, New York, and it awarded 19 ’s insurance degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our new york vets studying insurance list, SUNY Oswego has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 139 of the 7,636 students enrolled at SUNY Oswego were GI Bill® students, of which 62 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,918. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 SUNY Oswego Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Insurance that were part of this year’s ranking, St John’s University - New York landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Queens, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 47 degrees to qualified ’s insurance students in 2020-2021.
STJ also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 20,143 students enrolled at STJ, 11 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 10 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,047. In addition to receiving other benefits, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 STJ 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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