2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Clinical/Medical Social Work
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Ranked Colleges
11
Degrees Awarded
$45,700
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Clinical/Medical Social Work” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 2,534 people earned their degree in clinical/medical social work, making the major the 261st most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 11 clinical/medical social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality clinical/medical social work programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the clinical/medical social work program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Clinical/Medical Social Work” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Clinical/Medical Social Work
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region vets studying clinical/medical social work.
Top 1 Best Clinical/Medical Social Work Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Clinical/Medical Social Work that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairfield University landed the #1 spot on the list. Fairfield, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s clinical/medical social work degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Fairfield U, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 5,513 students enrolled at Fairfield University, 49 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 19 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,139. To help with additional expenses, 8 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Fairfield University]](/colleges/fairfield-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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