2023 Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Connecticut

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Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Connecticut State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Teaching Students with Disabilities for a Bachelor’s list. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 41 students in 2020-2021.

SCSU also made our “Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #3.Of the 9,331 students enrolled at Southern Connecticut State University, 301 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 202 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,110. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Southern Connecticut State University]](/colleges/southern-connecticut-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

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University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Teaching Students with Disabilities for a Bachelor’s. University of Connecticut is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.

UCONN also made our “Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 27,215 students enrolled at UCONN were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Full UCONN Veteran Student Life Report

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University of Hartford
West Hartford, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hartford. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Teaching Students with Disabilities for a Bachelor’s list. University of Hartford is located in West Hartford, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to qualified students.

UHart not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list.Among the 6,493 students enrolled at University of Hartford, 96 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 54 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,928. During this same period, 18 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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