2023 Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Interdisciplinary Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Interdisciplinary Studies is the 86th most popular major in the country with 9,074 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, interdisciplinary studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,077 and had an average of $27,069 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 459 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,303 and $25,689 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 428 interdisciplinary studies 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 Interdisciplinary Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in interdisciplinary studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great interdisciplinary studies programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the interdisciplinary studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Interdisciplinary Studies for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Interdisciplinary Studies for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 3 Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

1

Fitchburg State University
Fitchburg, Massachusetts

147 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$5,988 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Interdisciplinary Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Fitchburg State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Fitchburg State University is a medium-sized school located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts that handed out 98 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Fitchburg State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, Fitchburg State University supports 6,728 students, and 147 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 83 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,988. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%.

Full Fitchburg State Veteran Student Life Report

2

Cambridge College
Boston, Massachusetts

7 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Interdisciplinary Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Cambridge College landed the #2 spot on the list. Cambridge College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 17 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Cambridge College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Among the 2,764 students enrolled at Cambridge College, 7 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,459. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Cambridge College]](/colleges/cambridge-college/student-life/veterans/)

3

Colby - Sawyer College
New London, New Hampshire

12 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$5,399 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Interdisciplinary Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Colby - Sawyer College landed the #3 spot on the list. Colby - Sawyer College is a small school located in New London, New Hampshire that handed out 7 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colby - Sawyer, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Colby - Sawyer supports 910 students, and 12 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,399. During this same period, 1 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%.

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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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