2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations for a Master’s

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 the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 181 people earned their degree in other specialized merchandising, sales, and marketing operations, making the major the 888th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 113 other specialized merchandising, sales, and marketing operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other specialized merchandising, sales, and marketing operations. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other specialized merchandising, sales, and marketing operations programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other specialized merchandising, sales, and marketing operations program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Saint Joseph's University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

110 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$10,044 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Joseph’s University landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Joseph’s University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 31 masters’s other specialized merchandising, sales, and marketing operations degrees in 2020-2021.

St. Joe’s not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 110 of the 6,779 students enrolled at Saint Joseph’s University were GI Bill® students, of which 72 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,044. During this same period, 10 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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%.

Full St. Joe’s Veteran Student Life Report

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Fashion Institute of Technology
New York, New York

83 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$3,456 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Fashion Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. FIT SUNY is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

FIT SUNY also made our “Best Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, FIT SUNY supports 8,191 students, and 83 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 45 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,456. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. FIT SUNY does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at FIT SUNY]](/colleges/fashion-institute-of-technology/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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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