2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Dispute Resolution for a Master’s

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 Middle Atlantic Region for Dispute Resolution for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Dispute Resolution is the 684th most popular major in the country with 648 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 165 dispute resolution graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Dispute Resolution for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in dispute resolution. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality dispute resolution programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the dispute resolution program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The dispute resolution 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 Middle Atlantic Region for Dispute Resolution for a Master’s”.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Dispute Resolution for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree vets studying dispute resolution.

Top 2 Best Dispute Resolution Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, New York

739 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Dispute Resolution for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbia University in the City of New York is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 35 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree vets studying dispute resolution list, Columbia has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Dispute Resolution Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Among the 30,135 students enrolled at Columbia University in the City of New York, 739 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 467 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $22,069. During this same period, 328 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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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University of Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland

173 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Baltimore. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Dispute Resolution for a Master’s list. UB is a small public school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 19 masters’s dispute resolution degrees in 2020-2021.

UB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Dispute Resolution Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Of the 4,169 students enrolled at University of Baltimore, 173 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 90 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,002. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Baltimore does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

Full UB Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Dispute Resolution Master’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.