2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Social Work for a Bachelor’s
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 the New England Region for Other Social Work for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Social Work is the 859th most popular major in the country with 440 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 7 other social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 other social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other social work programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other social work program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The other social work school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Social Work for a Bachelor’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Social Work for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying other social work.
Top 1 Best Other Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Social Work for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Clark University landed the #1 spot on the list. Clark is a private not-for-profit institution located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Clark not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, Clark supports 3,405 students, and 20 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 8 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,985. On top of their other funding sources, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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