2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Human Services for a Master’s
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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 the New England Region for Human Services for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Human Services is the 74th most popular major in the country with 13,238 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, human services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,839 and had an average of $30,553 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 1,361 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,236 and $27,488 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Human Services for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in human services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great human services programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the human services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Human Services for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Human Services for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Human Services for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Human Services Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Post University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Human Services for a Master’s. Post University is located in Waterbury, Connecticut and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 45 masters’s human services degrees to qualified students.
Post University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,029 of the 13,844 students enrolled at Post University were GI Bill® students, of which 736 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,975. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Post University]](/colleges/post-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Albertus Magnus College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Human Services for a Master’s list. Albertus Magnus College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 16 masters’s human services degrees in 2020-2021.
Albertus Magnus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, Albertus Magnus supports 1,384 students, and 56 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 41 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,246. During this same period, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Albertus Magnus does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Albertus Magnus]](/colleges/albertus-magnus-college/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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