2023 Best Human Services Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Connecticut
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$47,552
Avg Salary
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 Connecticut for Human Services for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Connecticut, there were 275 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,760 and $47,305 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Human Services for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in human services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality human services programs as well as strong veteran support.
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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 Connecticut for Human Services 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 Connecticut for Human Services for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree vets studying human services.
Top 2 Best Human Services Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Connecticut
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 Connecticut for Human Services for a Master’s. Located in Waterbury, Connecticut, this fairly large private for-profit school handed out 45 diplomas to qualified masters’s human services students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Post University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking.According to our most recent data, Post University supports 13,844 students, and 1,029 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 736 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,975. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[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 Connecticut for Human Services for a Master’s list. This small school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 16 masters’s human services degrees in 2020-2021.
Albertus Magnus also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 56 of the 1,384 students enrolled at Albertus Magnus College were GI Bill® students, of which 41 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,246. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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