2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Other Education for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
39
Degrees Awarded
$59,800
Avg Salary
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Other Education for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 4,858 people earned their degree in other education, making the major the 142nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, other education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,827 and had an average of $25,433 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Jersey, there were 42 other education graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,800 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Other Education for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other education programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Other Education for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey master’s degree vets studying other education.
Top 2 Best Other Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New Jersey
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Other Education for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Ramapo College of New Jersey landed the #1 spot on the list. Ramapo College of New Jersey is located in Mahwah, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 29 masters’s other education degrees to qualified students.
Ramapo College also made our “Best Other Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #1.Among the 6,042 students enrolled at Ramapo College, 77 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 41 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,051. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Ramapo College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Other Education for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Saint Elizabeth landed the #2 spot on the list. CSE is a private not-for-profit institution located in Morristown, New Jersey. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at CSE, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Education Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking.Of the 1,272 students enrolled at CSE, 12 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 $7,617. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. CSE does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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