2023 Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts
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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 Massachusetts for Secondary Teaching for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 10,547 people earned their degree in secondary education, making the major the 84th most popular in the United States.
Across Massachusetts, there were 271 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,931 and $13,427 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent secondary education 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 secondary education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Secondary Teaching for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Secondary Teaching for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Springfield Technical Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Secondary Teaching for an Associate list. Springfield, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s secondary teaching degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at STCC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Secondary Education Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking.According to our most recent data, STCC supports 4,327 students, and 154 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 80 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,577. To help with additional expenses, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. STCC does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Springfield Technical Community College]](/colleges/springfield-technical-community-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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