2023 Best International & Comparative Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for International and Comparative Education for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 293 people earned their degree in international and comparative education, making the major the 724th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 27 international and comparative education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for International and Comparative Education for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in international and comparative education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality international and comparative education programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the international and comparative education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for International and Comparative Education for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree vets studying international and comparative education.
Top 2 Best International & Comparative Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for International and Comparative Education for a Master’s. Boston College is a fairly large school located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts that handed out 14 masters’s international and comparative education degrees in 2020-2021.
Boston College also took the #1 spot in our “Best International & Comparative Education Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 14,934 students enrolled at Boston College, 170 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 100 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,142. To help with additional expenses, 64 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SIT Graduate Institute. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for International and Comparative Education for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Brattleboro, Vermont, and it awarded 11 masters’s international and comparative education degrees in 2020-2021.
SIT also made our “Best International & Comparative Education Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2.Of the 137 students enrolled at SIT Graduate Institute, 0 were 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. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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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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