2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Programs for Foreign Lawyers for a Master’s

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Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Programs for Foreign Lawyers for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Syracuse University landed the #1 spot on the list. Syracuse is a private not-for-profit institution located in Syracuse, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Syracuse also took the #2 spot in our “Best Programs for Foreign Lawyers Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking.Of the 21,322 students enrolled at Syracuse, 385 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 250 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,840. During this same period, 217 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Syracuse does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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 Syracuse Veteran Student Life Report

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St John's University - New York
Queens, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St John’s University - New York. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Programs for Foreign Lawyers for a Master’s. Located in Queens, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s programs for foreign lawyers students in 2020-2021.

STJ also took the #1 spot in our “Best Programs for Foreign Lawyers Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 11 of the 20,143 students enrolled at St John’s University - New York were GI Bill® students, of which 10 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,047. To help with additional expenses, 3 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. St John’s University - New York 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 STJ Veteran Student Life Report

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Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brooklyn Law School. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Programs for Foreign Lawyers for a Master’s. This small school is located in Brooklyn, New York, and it awarded 13 masters’s programs for foreign lawyers degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brooklyn Law, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Programs for Foreign Lawyers Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking.According to our most recent data, Brooklyn Law supports 1,162 students, and 16 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 6 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,982. To help with additional expenses, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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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