2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Homeland Security for a Master’s
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Homeland Security for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Other Homeland Security is the 214th most popular major in the country with 1,695 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other homeland security graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,334 and had an average of $23,244 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 213 other homeland security graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,245 and $26,500 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Homeland Security for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other homeland security. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other homeland security programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other homeland security program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Homeland Security for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Homeland Security for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree vets studying other homeland security.
Top 2 Best Other Homeland Security Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Haven. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Homeland Security for a Master’s list. University of New Haven is a medium-sized school located in West Haven, Connecticut that handed out 39 masters’s other homeland security degrees in 2020-2021.
University of New Haven not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of New Haven supports 6,961 students, and 327 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 225 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,535. On top of their other funding sources, 86 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Homeland Security for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Maritime Academy landed the #2 spot on the list. Massachusetts Maritime Academy is located in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 masters’s other homeland security degrees to qualified students.
Maritime also made our “Best Other Homeland Security Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 1,637 students enrolled at Maritime, 75 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 31 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,796. On top of their other funding sources, 10 students received funds through 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Maritime]](/colleges/massachusetts-maritime-academy/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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