2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Apparel and Textiles for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
93
Degrees Awarded
$36,000
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Apparel and Textiles for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Apparel & Textiles is the 279th most popular major in the country with 2,102 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 119 general apparel and textiles graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 93 general apparel and textiles graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Apparel and Textiles for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general apparel and textiles. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general apparel and textiles programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general apparel and textiles program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 Middle Atlantic Region for Apparel and Textiles for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Apparel and Textiles for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Apparel and Textiles for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best General Apparel & Textiles Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Apparel and Textiles for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s apparel and textiles degrees in 2020-2021.
Cornell also made our “Best General Apparel & Textiles Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 23,620 students enrolled at Cornell, 2 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,780. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. 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. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Cornell University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Apparel and Textiles for a Bachelor’s. Located in Newark, Delaware, this large public school awarded 66 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s apparel and textiles students in 2020-2021.
UD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Apparel & Textiles Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 23,613 students enrolled at University of Delaware, 364 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 188 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,229. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Full UD Veteran Student Life Report
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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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