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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Middle Atlantic Region for Community Organization for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 3,096 people earned their degree in community organization and advocacy, making the major the 227th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 891 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 517 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Community Organization for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in community organization and advocacy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality community organization and advocacy programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the community organization and advocacy program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The community organization 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 Community Organization for a Bachelor’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Community Organization for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Community Organization for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Nazareth College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Rochester, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s community organization students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree vets studying community organization list, Nazareth has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Among the 2,791 students enrolled at Nazareth, 67 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 42 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,814. During this same period, 15 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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. 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 85%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Nazareth]](/colleges/nazareth-college/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Community Organization for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Empire State College landed the #2 spot on the list. SUNY Empire State College is a public institution located in Saratoga Springs, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 431 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
SUNY Empire did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 279 of the 10,724 students enrolled at SUNY Empire State College were GI Bill® students, of which 177 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,680. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. SUNY Empire State College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at SUNY Empire]](/colleges/suny-empire-state-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan College of New York. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Community Organization for a Bachelor’s. MCNY is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 61 bachelors’s community organization degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree vets studying community organization list, MCNY has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 115 of the 856 students enrolled at MCNY were GI Bill® students, of which 97 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,790. In addition to receiving other benefits, 33 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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
- *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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