2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Landscape Architecture for a Master’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Landscape Architecture for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Landscape Architecture is the 451st most popular major in the country with 905 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 60 landscape architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Landscape Architecture for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in landscape architecture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great landscape architecture 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 landscape architecture 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 Landscape Architecture for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Landscape Architecture for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

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Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

304 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$8,012 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Landscape Architecture for a Master’s. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 13 masters’s landscape architecture degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Harvard, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 30,391 students enrolled at Harvard, 304 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 254 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,012. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.

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Boston Architectural College
Boston, Massachusetts

20 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$13,635 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston Architectural College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Landscape Architecture for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 5 masters’s landscape architecture degrees in 2020-2021.

Boston Architectural College also made our “Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2.Among the 742 students enrolled at Boston Architectural College, 20 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,635. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Boston Architectural College]](/colleges/boston-architectural-college/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Landscape Architecture Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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.

Credits

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