2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Hampshire for Geography for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$31,100
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in New Hampshire for Geography for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Geography is the 159th most popular major in the country with 4,954 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across New Hampshire, there were 59 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 59 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,795 and $26,908 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New Hampshire for Geography for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in geography. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geography programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the geography program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New Hampshire for Geography for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new hampshire bachelor’s degree vets studying geography.
Top 2 Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New Hampshire
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New Hampshire for Geography for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Dartmouth College landed the #1 spot on the list. Dartmouth is a medium-sized school located in Hanover, New Hampshire that handed out 39 bachelors’s geography degrees in 2020-2021.
Dartmouth also took the #1 spot in our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking.Of the 6,292 students enrolled at Dartmouth College, 15 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $23,075. On top of their other funding sources, 8 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 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 Dartmouth College]](/colleges/dartmouth-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Keene State College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Hampshire for Geography for a Bachelor’s list. Keene, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s geography degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Keene State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Geography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 96 of the 3,210 students enrolled at Keene State College were GI Bill® students, of which 48 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,676. On top of their other funding sources, 11 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Keene State College does offer 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%.
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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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