2023 Best Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Asian Studies for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s Asian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Cornell also took the #2 spot in our “Best Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Cornell supports 23,620 students, and 2 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 2 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,780. During this same period, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Cornell University]](/colleges/cornell-university/student-life/veterans/)

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University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Baltimore, Maryland

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Asian Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore County landed the #2 spot on the list. UMBC is a fairly large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 11 bachelors’s Asian studies degrees in 2020-2021.

UMBC also made our “Best Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4.Our most recent data shows that 53 of the 13,497 students enrolled at UMBC were GI Bill® students, of which 30 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,027. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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 UMBC Veteran Student Life Report

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Colgate University
Hamilton, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colgate University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Asian Studies for a Bachelor’s. Hamilton, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s Asian studies degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colgate, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Of the 3,054 students enrolled at Colgate University, 16 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $27,325. In addition to receiving other benefits, 14 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Colgate Veteran Student Life Report

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Barnard College
New York, New York

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Asian Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Barnard College landed the #4 spot on the list. New York, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s Asian studies degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

Barnard also made our “Best Asian Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 12 of the 2,744 students enrolled at Barnard College were GI Bill® students, of which 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $26,967. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

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