2023 Best Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Elementary and Middle School Administration for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 1,572 people earned their degree in elementary and middle school administration/principalship, making the major the 482nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 260 elementary and middle school administration/principalship graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Elementary and Middle School Administration for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in elementary and middle school administration/principalship. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality elementary and middle school administration/principalship programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the elementary and middle school administration/principalship program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Elementary and Middle School Administration for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree vets studying elementary and middle school administration.

Top 2 Best Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Wilkes University
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

81 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$17,000 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wilkes University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Elementary and Middle School Administration for a Master’s list. Wilkes is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 54 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Wilkes also took the #2 spot in our “Best Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Wilkes University supports 4,781 students, and 81 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 42 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,000. To help with additional expenses, 20 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%.

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2

Rowan University
Glassboro, New Jersey

423 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$10,069 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Elementary and Middle School Administration for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rowan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Glassboro, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s elementary and middle school administration degrees to 45 students in 2020-2021.

Rowan also took the #1 spot in our “Best Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Of the 19,678 students enrolled at Rowan, 423 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 221 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,069. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%.

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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

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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