2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Education for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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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. 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 Other Education for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Other Education is the 178th most popular major in the country with 4,858 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 581 other education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 other education 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 Other Education for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in other education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other education programs and a strong support system for 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 other 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 Other Education for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Education for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 4 Best Other Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Education for a Bachelor’s list. Boston University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 1 bachelors’s other education degrees in 2020-2021.
Boston U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 32,718 students enrolled at Boston U, 15 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $25,162. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Education for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other education students in 2020-2021.
Boston College also made our “Best Other Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, Boston College supports 14,934 students, and 170 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 100 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,142. In addition to receiving other benefits, 64 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Boston College does offer credit for military training for eligible 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Holyoke College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Education for a Bachelor’s list. Located in South Hadley, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other education students in 2020-2021.
Mt. Holyoke not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Other Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 2,040 students enrolled at Mount Holyoke College, 16 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $25,745. To help with additional expenses, 8 students qualified for 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Mount Holyoke College]](/colleges/mount-holyoke-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clark University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Education for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s other education degrees in 2020-2021.
Clark did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Other Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 3,405 students enrolled at Clark University, 20 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 8 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,985. During this same period, 4 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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 Clark]](/colleges/clark-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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