2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Business for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
243
Degrees Awarded
$65,021
Avg Salary
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Business for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 4,822 people earned their degree in Other business, management and marketing, making the major the 137th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, Other business, management and marketing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,473 and had an average of $25,347 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 341 Other business, management and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,824 and $21,953 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 243 Other business, management and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Business for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in Other business, management and marketing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent Other business, management and marketing programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the Other business, management and marketing program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Business for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Business for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 4 Best Other Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wentworth Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Business for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 57 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other business students in 2020-2021.
WIT also took the #3 spot in our “Best Other Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, WIT supports 4,389 students, and 136 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 71 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,901. In addition to receiving other benefits, 12 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. WIT does offer credit for military training for eligible 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Wentworth Institute of Technology]](/colleges/wentworth-institute-of-technology/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern New Hampshire University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Business for a Bachelor’s. Manchester, New Hampshire is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other business degrees to 41 students in 2020-2021.
SNHU also made our “Best Other Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4.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 Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full SNHU Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Business for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the #3 spot on the list. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other business degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at WPI, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 6,920 students enrolled at WPI, 77 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 47 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,341. During this same period, 7 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at WPI]](/colleges/worcester-polytechnic-institute/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Business for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bentley University landed the #4 spot on the list. Waltham, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other business degrees to 122 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bentley, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Bentley supports 5,177 students, and 31 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 15 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,487. On top of their other funding sources, 10 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Full Bentley 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
- *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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