2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Specialized Marketing for an Associate
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Connecticut for Specialized Marketing for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 5,191 people earned their degree in specialized sales, merchandising and marketing, making the major the 138th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,431 and had an average of $30,391 in loans still to pay off.
Across Connecticut, there were 19 specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,266 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,377 and $19,767 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent specialized sales, merchandising and marketing programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the specialized sales, merchandising and marketing program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Specialized Marketing for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut associate degree vets studying specialized marketing.
Top 1 Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Connecticut
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Specialized Marketing for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Gateway Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Gateway Community College is a medium-sized school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 2 associates’s specialized marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
Gateway Community College also made our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #1.Of the 6,003 students enrolled at Gateway Community College, 188 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 139 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,186. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Gateway Community College]](/colleges/gateway-community-college-new-haven/student-life/veterans/)
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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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