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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Informatics for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 2,726 people earned their degree in informatics, making the major the 246th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 144 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent informatics 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 informatics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The informatics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Informatics for a Bachelor’s”.
In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Informatics for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Informatics for a Bachelor’s. UMass Amherst is a public institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying informatics list, UMass Amherst has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 31,642 students enrolled at UMass Amherst, 477 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 252 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,295. To help with additional expenses, 21 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UMass Amherst offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Massachusetts Amherst]](/colleges/university-of-massachusetts-amherst/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.