2023 Best General Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Vermont

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Saint Michael's College
Colchester, Vermont

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Michael’s College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Education for a Master’s. Located in Colchester, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 57 degrees to qualified masters’s education students in 2020-2021.

Saint Michael’s also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 21 of the 1,724 students enrolled at Saint Michael’s were GI Bill® students, of which 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,892. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Education for a Master’s list. UVM is a public institution located in Burlington, Vermont. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UVM also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Education Master’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 Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,767. In addition to receiving other benefits, 19 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UVM does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Goddard College
Plainfield, Vermont

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Goddard College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Vermont for Education for a Master’s. Plainfield, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s education degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.

Goddard College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list.Our most recent data shows that 7 of the 366 students enrolled at Goddard College were GI Bill® students, of which 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,931. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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