2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Catholic Studies for a Bachelor’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 New England Region for Catholic Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 6 people earned their degree in catholic studies, making the major the 1357th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 1 catholic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 catholic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent catholic studies 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 catholic studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Catholic Studies for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Catholic Studies for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Catholic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of the Holy Cross. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Catholic Studies for a Bachelor’s list. College of the Holy Cross is a small school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 1 bachelors’s catholic studies degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Holy Cross, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Catholic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 25 of the 2,970 students enrolled at College of the Holy Cross were GI Bill® students, of which 15 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $22,544. During this same period, 12 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. 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. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Holy Cross]](/colleges/college-of-the-holy-cross/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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