2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Public/Applied History for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
12
Degrees Awarded
$27,400
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Public/Applied History for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Public/Applied History is the 828th most popular major in the country with 229 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 17 public/applied history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 public/applied history graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public/applied history programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public/applied history program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Public/Applied History for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Public/Applied History for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Public/Applied History 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 Public/Applied History for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Salem State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Salem State is a medium-sized public school situated in Salem, Massachusetts. It awarded 12 bachelors’s public/applied history degrees in 2020-2021.
Salem State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public/Applied History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, Salem State University supports 7,242 students, and 273 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 160 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,582. In addition to receiving other benefits, 5 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Salem State University]](/colleges/salem-state-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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