2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s

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In 2020-2021, 4,407 people earned their degree in non-professional general legal studies, making the major the 143rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, non-professional general legal studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,632 and had an average of $33,872 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 778 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,679 and $30,963 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in non-professional general legal studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent non-professional general legal studies 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 non-professional general legal studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s”.

Top 3 Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

324 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 28 masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.

UPenn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Pennsylvania supports 26,552 students, and 324 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 131 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $19,383. During this same period, 78 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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Pace University - New York
New York, New York

11 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Pace University - New York landed the #2 spot on the list. New York, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.

Pace University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Of the 12,835 students enrolled at Pace University, 11 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $19,912. During this same period, 5 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Pace University does offer credit for military training for eligible 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%.

Full Pace University Veteran Student Life Report

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Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

342 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$13,339 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #3 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

Howard also took the #2 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Of the 10,859 students enrolled at Howard University, 342 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 136 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,339. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Full Howard 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

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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