2023 Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 the New England Region for Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching is the 288th most popular major in the country with 2,450 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 181 kindergarten/preschool education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality kindergarten/preschool education and teaching programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the kindergarten/preschool education and teaching program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools 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.
Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching 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 Westfield State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching for a Master’s. Westfield is a medium-sized public school situated in Westfield, Massachusetts. It awarded 9 masters’s kindergarten/preschool education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Westfield did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 5,395 students enrolled at Westfield State University, 197 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 67 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,224. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Westfield]](/colleges/westfield-state-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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