2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Archives/Archival Administration for a Master’s

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Archives/Archival Administration for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 214 people earned their degree in archives/archival administration, making the major the 883rd most popular in the United States.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Archives/Archival Administration for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in archives/archival administration. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great archives/archival administration programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the archives/archival administration program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Archives/Archival Administration for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree vets studying archives/archival administration.

Top 2 Best Archives/Archival Administration Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

1

San Jose State University
San Jose, California

660 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Jose State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Archives/Archival Administration for a Master’s. San Jose State is a public institution located in San Jose, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at San Jose State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Archives/Archival Administration Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 36,208 students enrolled at San Jose State University, 660 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 384 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,909. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. San Jose State University offers credit for military training for eligible students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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%.

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Simmons University
Boston, Massachusetts

239 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$13,906 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Archives/Archival Administration for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the #2 spot on the list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s archives/archival administration degrees to 122 students in 2020-2021.

Simmons did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Archives/Archival Administration Master’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 6,263 students enrolled at Simmons University, 239 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 143 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,906. To help with additional expenses, 20 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 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.

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