2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Portuguese for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$32,000
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Portuguese for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 86 people earned their degree in Portuguese, making the major the 1010th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 12 Portuguese graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 Portuguese graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great Portuguese programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the Portuguese program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Portuguese for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Portuguese for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Portuguese Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Portuguese for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - Newark landed the #1 spot on the list. Rutgers University - Newark is a fairly large public school situated in Newark, New Jersey. It awarded 2 bachelors’s Portuguese degrees in 2020-2021.
Rutgers Newark did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Portuguese Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, Rutgers Newark supports 13,231 students, and 3 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 $29,673. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Rutgers Newark]](/colleges/rutgers-university-newark/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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