2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Ethnic Studies for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$31,900
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Ethnic Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 673 people earned their degree in ethnic studies, making the major the 523rd most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 14 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ethnic studies programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the ethnic studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Ethnic Studies for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Ethnic Studies for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Ethnic Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brown, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Of the 9,948 students enrolled at Brown, 98 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 19 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,111. On top of their other funding sources, 40 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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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