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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 New England Region for Computer Software and Media Applications for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,438 people earned their degree in other computer software and media applications, making the major the 416th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 567 other computer software and media applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 389 other computer software and media applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Computer Software and Media Applications for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in other computer software and media applications. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other computer software and media applications programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other computer software and media applications program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Computer Software and Media Applications for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Computer Software and Media Applications for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Champlain College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Computer Software and Media Applications for a Bachelor’s list. Champlain is a small school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 10 bachelors’s computer software and media applications degrees in 2020-2021.
Champlain not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Other Computer Software & Media Applications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, Champlain College supports 4,137 students, and 301 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 196 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,769. During this same period, 26 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Computer Software and Media Applications for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s computer software and media applications degrees in 2020-2021.
WPI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Computer Software & Media Applications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 77 of the 6,920 students enrolled at Worcester Polytechnic Institute were GI Bill® students, of which 47 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,341. On top of their other funding sources, 7 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Computer Software and Media Applications for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Keene State College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Keene, New Hampshire, this small public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s computer software and media applications students in 2020-2021.
Keene State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Other Computer Software & Media Applications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, Keene State supports 3,210 students, and 96 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 48 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,676. In addition to receiving other benefits, 11 students qualified for 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 Keene State]](/colleges/keene-state-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wellesley College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Computer Software and Media Applications for a Bachelor’s list. Wellesley, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s computer software and media applications degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
Wellesley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Computer Software & Media Applications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 11 of the 2,280 students enrolled at Wellesley College were GI Bill® students, of which 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $26,725. During this same period, 5 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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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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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