2023 Best Legal Professions (Other) Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$37,900
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Legal Professions for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 2,013 people earned their degree in legal professions (other), making the major the 200th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, legal professions (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,368 and had an average of $27,963 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 205 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $27,000 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Legal Professions for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in legal professions (other). The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal professions (other) programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the legal professions (other) program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Legal Professions for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree vets studying other legal professions.
Top 2 Best Legal Professions (Other) Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Legal Professions for a Master’s. Boston College is a fairly large school located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts that handed out 7 masters’s other legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
Boston College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 170 of the 14,934 students enrolled at Boston College were GI Bill® students, of which 100 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,142. On top of their other funding sources, 64 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Boston College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vermont Law School. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Legal Professions for a Master’s list. VLS is a small school located in South Royalton, Vermont that handed out 96 masters’s other legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.
VLS also made our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2.Of the 624 students enrolled at VLS, 29 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 7 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,622. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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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