2023 Best Finance Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Rhode Island
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$41,600
Avg Cost*
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 Rhode Island for Finance for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 51,779 people earned their degree in finance, making the major the 11th most popular in the United States.
Across Rhode Island, there were 601 finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Finance for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in finance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality finance programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the finance program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Finance for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Finance for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island master’s degree vets studying finance.
Top 2 Best Finance Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Rhode Island
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bryant University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Finance for a Master’s list. Smithfield, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s finance degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Bryant also took the #1 spot in our “Best Finance Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 46 of the 3,674 students enrolled at Bryant University were GI Bill® students, of which 31 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,003. During this same period, 9 students received scholarships 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Finance for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Providence landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 13 masters’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
JWU Providence did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Finance Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list.Of the 5,676 students enrolled at Johnson & Wales University - Providence, 265 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 175 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,319. On top of their other funding sources, 9 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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