2023 Best Cultural Studies & Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$41,100
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Culture Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Cultural Studies & Analysis is the 300th most popular major in the country with 405 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, cultural studies and analysis graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $29,036 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 84 cultural studies and analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 cultural studies and analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent cultural studies and analysis programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the cultural studies and analysis program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The culture studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Culture Studies for a Bachelor’s”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Culture Studies for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Culture Studies for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Cultural Studies & Analysis 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 Culture Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Holyoke College landed the #1 spot on the list. South Hadley, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s culture studies degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Mt. Holyoke also made our “Best Cultural Studies & Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 16 of the 2,040 students enrolled at Mount Holyoke College were GI Bill® students, of which 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $25,745. To help with additional expenses, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. 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.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Mount Holyoke College]](/colleges/mount-holyoke-college/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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