2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s
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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 Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 New England region, there were 337 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,149 and $35,623 respectively.
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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The non-professional general legal studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England 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 New England Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Suffolk University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s non-professional general legal studies students in 2020-2021.
Suffolk not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 6,830 students enrolled at Suffolk, 54 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 10 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,143. In addition to receiving other benefits, 21 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
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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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