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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies for a Master’s

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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies for a Master's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies for a Master’s” ranking.

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies is the 30th most popular major in the country with 16,243 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,881 and had an average of $22,102 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 1,505 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,983 and $21,352 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies for a Master’s”.

Top 6 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

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Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies for a Master’s. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.

Brown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, Brown University supports 9,948 students, and 98 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 19 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,111. In addition to receiving other benefits, 40 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Full Brown University Veteran Student Life Report

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Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies for a Master’s list. Yale is a fairly large school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 38 masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Yale also took the #2 spot in our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Yale University supports 12,060 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,238. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies for a Master’s list. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 31,642 students enrolled at University of Massachusetts Amherst, 477 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 252 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,295. To help with additional expenses, 21 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Storrs, Connecticut, and it awarded 2 masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees in 2020-2021.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 27,215 students enrolled at UCONN, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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 impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Brandeis University
Waltham, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brandeis University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies for a Master’s list. Brandeis is a medium-sized school located in Waltham, Massachusetts that handed out 5 masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Brandeis also made our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3.Among the 5,440 students enrolled at Brandeis University, 41 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 22 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,483. In addition to receiving other benefits, 15 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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With a ranking of #6, University of Massachusetts - Boston did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies for a Master’s list. University of Massachusetts - Boston is a fairly large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 12 masters’s area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies degrees in 2020-2021.

UMass Boston also took the #6 spot in our “Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Of the 16,259 students enrolled at University of Massachusetts - Boston, 678 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 362 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,414. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Massachusetts - Boston offers credit for military training for eligible students.

Full UMass Boston Veteran Student Life Report

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