2023 Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Degrees Awarded
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Public Admin for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Public Administration is the 49th most popular major in the country with 16,897 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 818 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 65 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Public Admin for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in public administration. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public administration programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public administration program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Public Admin for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Public Admin for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 3 Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern New Hampshire University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Public Admin for a Bachelor’s. SNHU is a large school located in Manchester, New Hampshire that handed out 35 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
SNHU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, SNHU supports 134,345 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. SNHU does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Southern New Hampshire University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roger Williams University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Public Admin for a Bachelor’s list. RWU is located in Bristol, Rhode Island and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s public admin degrees to qualified students.
RWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, Roger Williams University supports 4,702 students, and 95 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 48 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,342. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhode Island College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Public Admin for a Bachelor’s. Rhode Island College is a public institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
RIC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 206 of the 7,072 students enrolled at RIC were GI Bill® students, of which 82 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,369. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. RIC offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at RIC]](/colleges/rhode-island-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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