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2023 Best Portuguese Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

2 Ranked Colleges
22 Degrees Awarded
$34,600 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Portuguese

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Portuguese” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Portuguese is the 1010th most popular major in the country with 86 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 22 Portuguese graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Portuguese” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in Portuguese. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Portuguese programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the Portuguese program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Portuguese” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Portuguese

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Portuguese”.

Top 2 Best Portuguese 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 Portuguese. Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 ’s Portuguese degrees to qualified students.

Brown also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].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 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. 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%. 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.

Full Brown University Veteran Student Life Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Portuguese list. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a large public school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 11 ’s Portuguese degrees in 2020-2021.

UMass Amherst also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Of the 31,642 students enrolled at UMass 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 21 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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 UMass Amherst Veteran Student Life Report

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