2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Sports Studies

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Middle Atlantic Region for Sports Studies” ranking.

Sports Studies is the 557th most popular major in the country with 614 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 140 sports studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Sports Studies” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in sports studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great sports studies programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the sports studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Sports Studies

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region vets studying sports studies.

Top 2 Best Sports Studies Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

St. Thomas Aquinas College
Sparkill, New York

20 GI Bill® Students**

$15,384 Average GI Bill® Award

$58,103 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Sports Studies that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Thomas Aquinas College landed the #1 spot on the list. Sparkill, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s sports studies degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.

STAC also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 1,779 students enrolled at STAC, 20 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 12 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,384. During this same period, 3 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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Manhattanville College
Purchase, New York

20 GI Bill® Students**

$9,570 Average GI Bill® Award

$54,038 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Sports Studies that were part of this year’s ranking, Manhattanville College landed the #2 spot on the list. Purchase, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s sports studies degrees to 43 students in 2020-2021.

Manhattanville also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 2,408 students enrolled at Manhattanville College, 20 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 10 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,570. To help with additional expenses, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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 Manhattanville College]](/colleges/manhattanville-college/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Sports Studies Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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.