2023 Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Vermont

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University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Economics for a Bachelor’s list. University of Vermont is a fairly large public school situated in Burlington, Vermont. It awarded 83 bachelors’s economics degrees in 2020-2021.

UVM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list.According to our most recent data, UVM supports 13,292 students, and 218 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 142 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,767. On top of their other funding sources, 19 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Saint Michael's College
Colchester, Vermont

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Michael’s College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Economics for a Bachelor’s. Saint Michael’s College is a small school located in Colchester, Vermont that handed out 15 bachelors’s economics degrees in 2020-2021.

Saint Michael’s not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list.According to our most recent data, Saint Michael’s College supports 1,724 students, and 21 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 11 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,892. During this same period, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Economics for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Middlebury College landed the #3 spot on the list. Middlebury College is a small school located in Middlebury, Vermont that handed out 97 bachelors’s economics degrees in 2020-2021.

Middlebury did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list.According to our most recent data, Middlebury supports 2,669 students, and 24 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 19 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,101. To help with additional expenses, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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