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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 the New England region, there were 53 junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching 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 junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching for a Master’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Worcester State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching for a Master’s. Worcester State University is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to qualified students.
Worcester State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, Worcester State supports 5,724 students, and 117 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 49 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,630. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rivier University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching for a Master’s list. Rivier University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashua, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Rivier did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 55 of the 2,178 students enrolled at Rivier were GI Bill® students, of which 31 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,338. During this same period, 4 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 Rivier]](/colleges/rivier-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American International College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching for a Master’s list. Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 28 diplomas to qualified masters’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students in 2020-2021.
AIC also made our “Best Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, American International College supports 2,612 students, and 34 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 19 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,052. During this same period, 4 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at AIC]](/colleges/american-international-college/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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