Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Montessori Teacher Education for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s College of California landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Mary’s College of California is a small school located in Moraga, California that handed out 1 masters’s Montessori teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
SMC also made our “Best Montessori Teacher Education Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1.Of the 3,439 students enrolled at Saint Mary’s College of California, 87 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 50 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,735. During this same period, 21 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
[Read full report on veteran student life at SMC]](/colleges/saint-marys-college-of-california/student-life/veterans/)