2023 Best Other Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New Jersey
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Other Social Sciences for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Other Social Sciences is the 182nd most popular major in the country with 2,414 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,015 and had an average of $23,193 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Jersey, there were 61 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,085 and $26,192 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other social sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the other social sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Other Social Sciences for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Other Social Sciences for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best Other Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New Jersey
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - Newark. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Other Social Sciences for a Doctorate. Located in Newark, New Jersey, this fairly large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified doctorate’s other social sciences students in 2020-2021.
Rutgers Newark also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 3 of the 13,231 students enrolled at Rutgers University - Newark were GI Bill® students, of which 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $29,673. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Rutgers University - Newark does offer credit for military training for eligible 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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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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