2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Programming for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$44,100
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 the Middle Atlantic Region for Programming for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 11,939 people earned their degree in computer programming, making the major the 108th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, computer programming graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,629 and had an average of $27,450 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 777 computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,415 and $29,033 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great computer programming programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the computer programming program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Programming for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Programming for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Computer Programming Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marist College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Programming for a Master’s list. Marist is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Poughkeepsie, New York. It awarded 15 masters’s programming degrees in 2020-2021.
Marist also took the #1 spot in our “Best Computer Programming Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Among the 6,600 students enrolled at Marist, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.
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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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