2023 Best Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism is the 847th most popular major in the country with 177 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 24 environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying natural resource recreation and tourism.
Top 2 Best Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Unity College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism for a Bachelor’s list. Unity College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Unity, Maine. It awarded 12 bachelors’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Unity, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 38 of the 1,429 students enrolled at Unity College were GI Bill® students, of which 24 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,720. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Unity]](/colleges/unity-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism for a Bachelor’s list. University of Vermont is a fairly large public school situated in Burlington, Vermont. It awarded 12 bachelors’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees in 2020-2021.
UVM also made our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2.Of the 13,292 students enrolled at University of Vermont, 218 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 142 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,767. On top of their other funding sources, 19 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Vermont offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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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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