2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for General Education for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
43
Degrees Awarded
$39,800
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 New Jersey for General Education for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 29,810 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States.
Across New Jersey, there were 773 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,273 and $26,463 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general education programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for General Education for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey bachelor’s degree vets studying general education.
Top 1 Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New Jersey
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Monmouth University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for General Education for a Bachelor’s list. Monmouth is a medium-sized school located in West Long Branch, New Jersey that handed out 41 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
Monmouth also made our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #1.Of the 5,674 students enrolled at Monmouth University, 112 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 54 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,086. During this same period, 32 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Monmouth University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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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