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Ranked Colleges
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Information Resources Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,186 people earned their degree in information resources management, making the major the 395th most popular in the United States.
Across Massachusetts, there were 29 information resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 information resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,029 and $25,475 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great information resources management programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information resources management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 Massachusetts for Information Resources Management for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Information Resources Management for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western New England University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Information Resources Management for a Bachelor’s list. Western New England is a small school located in Springfield, Massachusetts that handed out 18 bachelors’s information resources management degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our massachusetts bachelor’s degree vets studying information resources management list, Western New England has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Information Resources Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking.Among the 3,673 students enrolled at Western New England, 81 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 37 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,271. On top of their other funding sources, 13 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%.
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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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