2023 Best Other English Language & Literature/Letters 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 has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other English Language & Literature/Letters for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 942 people earned their degree in other English language and literature/letters, making the major the 446th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 118 other English language and literature/letters graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other English Language & Literature/Letters for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other English language and literature/letters. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other English language and literature/letters programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other English language and literature/letters program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other English Language & Literature/Letters for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other English Language & Literature/Letters for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree vets studying other english language & literature/letters.
Top 2 Best Other English Language & Literature/Letters Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other English Language & Literature/Letters for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Worcester State is a medium-sized school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 7 masters’s other English language and literature/letters degrees in 2020-2021.
Worcester State also made our “Best Other English Language & Literature/Letters Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 117 of the 5,724 students enrolled at Worcester State University were GI Bill® students, of which 49 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,630. During this same period, 0 students qualified for 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%.
Full Worcester State Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bennington College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other English Language & Literature/Letters for a Master’s. Bennington is a small school located in Bennington, Vermont that handed out 40 masters’s other English language and literature/letters degrees in 2020-2021.
Bennington also made our “Best Other English Language & Literature/Letters Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 799 students enrolled at Bennington, 9 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,104. To help with additional expenses, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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 Bennington]](/colleges/bennington-college/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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