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Ranked Colleges
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Maryland for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching is the 197th most popular major in the country with 3,517 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Maryland, there were 32 junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,642 and $26,517 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland bachelor’s degree vets studying junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching for a Bachelor’s. University of Maryland - College Park is a public institution located in College Park, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UMCP also made our “Best Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #1.Among the 40,709 students enrolled at UMCP, 16 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 13 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,716. To help with additional expenses, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UMCP does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Maryland - College Park]](/colleges/university-of-maryland-college-park/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Stevenson University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Stevenson, Maryland, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Stevenson also made our “Best Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #2.Among the 3,492 students enrolled at Stevenson, 125 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 65 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,525. During this same period, 40 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Stevenson 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Stevenson]](/colleges/stevenson-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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