2023 Best General Economics Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

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University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for General Economics for a Master’s. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s general economics students in 2020-2021.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, UCONN supports 27,215 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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 Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for General Economics for a Master’s list. UMass Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 14 masters’s general economics degrees in 2020-2021.

UMass Amherst not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 31,642 students enrolled at UMass Amherst, 477 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 252 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,295. During this same period, 21 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

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Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, New Hampshire

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern New Hampshire University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for General Economics for a Master’s. Manchester, New Hampshire is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general economics degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.

SNHU also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 134,345 students enrolled at SNHU were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. SNHU does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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Clark University
Worcester, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clark University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for General Economics for a Master’s. Clark is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s general economics degrees to qualified students.

Clark also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 3,405 students enrolled at Clark University, 20 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 8 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,985. During this same period, 4 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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