2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Military Technologies & Applied Sciences for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
145
Degrees Awarded
$61,753
Avg Salary
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In 2020-2021, 4,477 people earned their degree in military technologies and applied sciences, making the major the 38th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, military technologies and applied sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $61,323 and had an average of $20,911 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 419 military technologies and applied sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,753 and $7,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 145 military technologies and applied sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent military technologies and applied sciences programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the military technologies and applied sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Military Technologies & Applied Sciences for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying military technologies & applied sciences.
Top 1 Best Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Bachelor’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 Military Technologies & Applied Sciences for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Norwich University landed the #1 spot on the list. Norwich University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Northfield, Vermont. It awarded 145 bachelors’s military technologies and applied sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Norwich not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, Norwich supports 3,975 students, and 822 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 569 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,528. In addition to receiving other benefits, 55 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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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