2023 Best Accounting and Business/Management Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Accounting and Business/Management for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Accounting and Business/Management is the 374th most popular major in the country with 1,637 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 130 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Accounting and Business/Management for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in accounting and business/management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality accounting and business/management programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the accounting and business/management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Accounting and Business/Management for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Accounting and Business/Management for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Accounting and Business/Management Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

1

Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, Connecticut

321 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Connecticut State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Accounting and Business/Management for a Master’s list. This medium-sized school is located in New Britain, Connecticut, and it awarded 92 masters’s accounting and business/management degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CCSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, CCSU supports 10,652 students, and 321 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 166 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,782. During this same period, 3 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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2

Johnson & Wales University - Providence
Providence, Rhode Island

265 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$9,319 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Accounting and Business/Management for a Master’s list. JWU Providence is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s accounting and business/management degrees to qualified students.

JWU Providence did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, JWU Providence supports 5,676 students, and 265 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 175 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,319. In addition to receiving other benefits, 9 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 JWU Providence]](/colleges/johnson-and-wales-university-providence/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Accounting and Business/Management 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.

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