2023 Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Vermont

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Vermont for Public Admin for a Master’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 Vermont, there were 40 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Public Admin for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public administration program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Public Admin for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Public Admin for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Vermont

1

Norwich University
Northfield, Vermont

822 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Norwich University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Public Admin for a Master’s list. Norwich University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Northfield, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 28 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our vermont master’s degree vets studying public admin list, Norwich has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking.According to our most recent data, Norwich University supports 3,975 students, and 822 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 569 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,528. To help with additional expenses, 55 students qualified for 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Norwich University]](/colleges/norwich-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

218 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Vermont. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Public Admin for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Burlington, Vermont, and it awarded 11 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UVM, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 218 of the 13,292 students enrolled at UVM were GI Bill® students, of which 142 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,767. To help with additional expenses, 19 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UVM does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Vermont Veteran Student Life Report

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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

Footnotes

• *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.