2023 Best Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Middle Atlantic Region for Finance for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 57,778 people earned their degree in finance and financial management, making the major the 14th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, finance and financial management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $53,475 and had an average of $24,463 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 13,314 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,419 and $25,372 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 57 finance and financial management graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Finance for an Associate” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in finance and financial management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent finance and financial management 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 finance and financial management program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Finance for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree vets studying finance.
Top 4 Best Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Berkeley College - Woodland Park. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Finance for an Associate. Berkeley College - Woodland Park is a small private for-profit school situated in Woodland Park, New Jersey. It awarded 2 associates’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
Berkeley College - Woodland Park did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 2,625 students enrolled at Berkeley College - Woodland Park, 3 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,000. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Finance for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Borough of Manhattan Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this fairly large public school handed out 27 diplomas to qualified associates’s finance students in 2020-2021.
BMCC also made our “Best Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, BMCC supports 22,496 students, and 445 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 345 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,303. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. BMCC offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Berkeley College - New York. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Finance for an Associate list. New York, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s finance degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Berkeley College - New York not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, Berkeley College - New York supports 2,376 students, and 5 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,053. During this same period, 3 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Berkeley College - New York offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Essex County College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Finance for an Associate list. Essex is a medium-sized public school situated in Newark, New Jersey. It awarded 12 associates’s finance degrees in 2020-2021.
Essex also made our “Best Finance & Financial Management Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 6,360 students enrolled at Essex County College, 101 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 55 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,652. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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