2023 Best Legal Professions (Other) Bachelor’s Degree 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. 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 Other Legal Professions for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

Legal Professions (Other) is the 200th most popular major in the country with 2,013 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, legal professions (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,368 and had an average of $27,963 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 205 legal professions (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 legal professions (other) 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 Other Legal Professions for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in legal professions (other). This ranking identifies schools with high-quality legal professions (other) programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the legal professions (other) 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 Other Legal Professions for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying other legal professions.

Top 2 Best Legal Professions (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

1

Quinnipiac University
Hamden, Connecticut

16 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Quinnipiac University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Legal Professions for a Bachelor’s. Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hamden, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Quinnipiac also made our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 16 of the 9,746 students enrolled at Quinnipiac were GI Bill® students, of which 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $21,337. During this same period, 4 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Quinnipiac does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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%.

Full Quinnipiac Veteran Student Life Report

2

Roger Williams University
Bristol, Rhode Island

95 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roger Williams University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Legal Professions for a Bachelor’s list. Roger Williams University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bristol, Rhode Island. It awarded 22 bachelors’s other legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.

RWU also made our “Best Legal Professions (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, Roger Williams University supports 4,702 students, and 95 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 48 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,342. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Roger Williams University offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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%.

Full RWU Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Legal Professions (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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.

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