2023 Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence” ranking - to help you make that decision.

American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence is the 508th most popular major in the country with 749 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 75 American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region vets studying american/u.s. law/legal studies/jurisprudence.

Top 2 Best American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

1

University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

1 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$72,460 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence. UCONN is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 21 ’s American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence degrees in 2020-2021.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Among the 27,215 students enrolled at University of Connecticut, 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 University of Connecticut]](/colleges/university-of-connecticut/student-life/veterans/)

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Vermont Law School
South Royalton, Vermont

29 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$9,622 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vermont Law School. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence. South Royalton, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s American/U.S. law/legal studies/jurisprudence degrees to 33 students in 2020-2021.

VLS also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 624 students enrolled at VLS, 29 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 7 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,622. In addition to receiving other benefits, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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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

Footnotes

• *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.