2023 Best Elementary Special Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Elementary Special Ed for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,625 people earned their degree in elementary special education, making the major the 326th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 103 elementary special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Elementary Special Ed for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in elementary special education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent elementary special education 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 elementary special education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Elementary Special Ed for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Elementary Special Ed for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Elementary Special Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Simmons University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Elementary Special Ed for a Master’s. Simmons University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Simmons did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Elementary Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 6,263 students enrolled at Simmons University, 239 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 143 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,906. To help with additional expenses, 20 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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 Simmons]](/colleges/simmons-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Merrimack College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Elementary Special Ed for a Master’s list. Merrimack is a private not-for-profit institution located in North Andover, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 69 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Merrimack also made our “Best Elementary Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2.Of the 5,418 students enrolled at Merrimack, 72 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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. During this same period, 11 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Merrimack does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
Full Merrimack Veteran Student Life Report
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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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