2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Health Studies for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Health Studies for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences is the 33rd most popular major in the country with 29,840 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 1,690 general health services/allied health/health sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Health Studies for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general health services/allied health/health sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general health services/allied health/health sciences programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general health services/allied health/health sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Health Studies for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Health Studies for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regis College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Health Studies for a Master’s list. Regis College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Weston, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 30 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Regis College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 3,460 students enrolled at Regis College, 86 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 51 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,384. On top of their other funding sources, 6 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Health Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences landed the #2 spot on the list. MCPHS University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 16 masters’s health studies degrees in 2020-2021.
MCPHS University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, MCPHS University supports 7,501 students, and 16 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 7 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $26,279. During this same period, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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 Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences]](/colleges/massachusetts-college-of-pharmacy-and-health-sciences/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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