2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Military Technologies & Applied Sciences
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Ranked Colleges
419
Degrees Awarded
$29,200
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Military Technologies & Applied Sciences” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality military technologies and applied sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The military technologies & applied sciences 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 Military Technologies & Applied Sciences”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Military Technologies & Applied Sciences
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region vets studying military technologies & applied sciences.
Top 1 Best Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Norwich University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Military Technologies & Applied Sciences list. Norwich University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Northfield, Vermont. It awarded 160 ’s military technologies and applied sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Norwich did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” 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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients 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 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Norwich]](/colleges/norwich-university/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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