2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Other Interdisciplinary Studies for a Master’s
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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 Massachusetts for Other Interdisciplinary Studies for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 34,975 people earned their degree in other multi/interdisciplinary studies, making the major the 32nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, other multi/interdisciplinary studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,266 and had an average of $24,430 in loans still to pay off.
Across Massachusetts, there were 590 other multi/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,725 and $26,017 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other multi/interdisciplinary studies 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 other multi/interdisciplinary studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Other Interdisciplinary Studies for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Other Interdisciplinary Studies for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lesley University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Other Interdisciplinary Studies for a Master’s list. Lesley is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 masters’s other interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.
Lesley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list.Our most recent data shows that 55 of the 4,200 students enrolled at Lesley were GI Bill® students, of which 28 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,419. During this same period, 3 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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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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