2023 Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
52
Degrees Awarded
$42,600
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Investments and Securities for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Investments and Securities is the 869th most popular major in the country with 346 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 155 investments and securities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 52 investments and securities graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality investments and securities programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the investments and securities 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 Investments and Securities for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Investments and Securities for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Merrimack College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Investments and Securities for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in North Andover, Massachusetts, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s investments and securities degrees in 2020-2021.
Merrimack did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Investments and Securities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 72 of the 5,418 students enrolled at Merrimack College were GI Bill® students, of which 39 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,794. To help with additional expenses, 11 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 Merrimack]](/colleges/merrimack-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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