2023 Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Vermont
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$39,900
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Education for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,719 and had an average of $23,394 in loans still to pay off.
Across Vermont, there were 137 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,366 and $23,750 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 41 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,418 and $24,482 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Education for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general education programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Education for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Education for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 3 Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Vermont
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Education for a Bachelor’s list. University of Vermont is a public institution located in Burlington, Vermont. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UVM, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking.Among the 13,292 students enrolled at UVM, 218 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 142 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,767. On top of their other funding sources, 19 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UVM does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Michael’s College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Education for a Bachelor’s. Saint Michael’s is a small school located in Colchester, Vermont that handed out 7 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Saint Michael’s also made our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, Saint Michael’s College supports 1,724 students, and 21 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 11 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,892. During this same period, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 86%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Goddard College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Education for a Bachelor’s list. Goddard College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Plainfield, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Goddard College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list.According to our most recent data, Goddard College supports 366 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 2 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,931. 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.
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 Goddard College]](/colleges/goddard-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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