2023 Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New York
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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 New York for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Non-Professional General Legal Studies is the 143rd most popular major in the country with 4,407 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 New York, there were 408 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,448 and $24,146 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality non-professional general legal studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new york master’s degree vets studying non-professional general legal studies.
Top 1 Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New York
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Pace University - New York landed the #1 spot on the list. Pace University is located in New York, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.
Pace University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list.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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,912. In addition to receiving other benefits, 5 students qualified for 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Pace University]](/colleges/pace-university-new-york/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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