2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Child Development for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$31,100
Avg Cost*
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 Child Development for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Child Development is the 239th most popular major in the country with 4,641 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 183 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 130 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Child Development for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in child development. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality child development programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the child development program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The child development school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Child Development for a Bachelor’s”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Child Development for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying child development.
Top 2 Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Child Development for a Bachelor’s list. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Medford, Massachusetts. It awarded 34 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
Tufts also made our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 12,219 students enrolled at Tufts, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Tufts University]](/colleges/tufts-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Post University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Child Development for a Bachelor’s list. Waterbury, Connecticut is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s child development degrees to 77 students in 2020-2021.
Post University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,029 of the 13,844 students enrolled at Post University were GI Bill® students, of which 736 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,975. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Post University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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