2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Physical Education for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$33,900
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Physical Education for a Master’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 13,944 people earned their degree in sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general, making the major the 54th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 316 sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Physical Education for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general 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 Physical Education for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Physical Education for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Plymouth State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Physical Education for a Master’s list. Plymouth State University is a small school located in Plymouth, New Hampshire that handed out 16 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Plymouth State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 124 of the 4,491 students enrolled at Plymouth State were GI Bill® students, of which 53 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,351. In addition to receiving other benefits, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Plymouth State does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Physical Education for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #2 spot on the list. UMass Boston is a fairly large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 8 masters’s phys ed degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Boston, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness General Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 16,259 students enrolled at UMass Boston, 678 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 362 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,414. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UMass Boston offers credit for military training for eligible 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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