2023 Best Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Ethnic Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other is the 402nd most popular major in the country with 2,142 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 75 other ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 other ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Ethnic Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other ethnic studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other ethnic studies 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 other ethnic studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Ethnic Studies for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying other ethnic studies.

Top 2 Best Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

1

Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Ethnic Studies for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s other ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Yale, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 12,060 students enrolled at Yale University were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,238. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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 Yale Veteran Student Life Report

2

Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts

16 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$25,745 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Ethnic Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Holyoke College landed the #2 spot on the list. Mount Holyoke College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It awarded 12 bachelors’s other ethnic studies degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying other ethnic studies list, Mt. Holyoke has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 16 of the 2,040 students enrolled at Mt. Holyoke were GI Bill® students, of which 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $25,745. To help with additional expenses, 8 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%.

Full Mt. Holyoke Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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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