2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Journalism for a Master’s

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Quinnipiac University
Hamden, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Quinnipiac University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Journalism for a Master’s list. Hamden, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.

Quinnipiac did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 9,746 students enrolled at Quinnipiac, 16 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $21,337. To help with additional expenses, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%.

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Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Journalism for a Master’s list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Among the 32,718 students enrolled at Boston University, 15 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $25,162. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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.

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Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Journalism for a Master’s. Northeastern University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 21 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree vets studying journalism list, Northeastern has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 22,905 students enrolled at Northeastern University, 9 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $25,441. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Northeastern]](/colleges/northeastern-university/student-life/veterans/)

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Emerson College
Boston, Massachusetts

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Journalism for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Emerson College landed the #4 spot on the list. Emerson College is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 16 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

Emerson also made our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2.Of the 5,115 students enrolled at Emerson College, 100 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 62 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,410. To help with additional expenses, 38 students received funds through 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Emerson College]](/colleges/emerson-college/student-life/veterans/)