2023 Best Other Statistics Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Other Statistics” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Statistics is the 266th most popular major in the country with 644 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other statistics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $56,105 and had an average of $21,425 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 61 other statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,732 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Statistics” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other statistics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other statistics programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other statistics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 Other Statistics” 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 Other Statistics
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region vets studying other statistics.
Top 2 Best Other Statistics Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Statistics that were part of this year’s ranking, Dartmouth College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Hanover, New Hampshire, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 50 diplomas to qualified ’s other statistics students in 2020-2021.
Dartmouth not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.According to our most recent data, Dartmouth College supports 6,292 students, and 15 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 9 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $23,075. During this same period, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Statistics that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified ’s other statistics students in 2020-2021.
WPI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 77 of the 6,920 students enrolled at Worcester Polytechnic Institute were GI Bill® students, of which 47 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,341. During this same period, 7 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. 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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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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