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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Community Organization for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Community Organization & Advocacy is the 227th most popular major in the country with 3,096 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across New York, there were 838 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 505 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,555 and $23,635 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New York 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Community Organization for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Community Organization for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Community Organization for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Nazareth College landed the #1 spot on the list. Nazareth College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rochester, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Nazareth not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list.Our most recent data shows that 67 of the 2,791 students enrolled at Nazareth College were GI Bill® students, of which 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 15 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Nazareth College]](/colleges/nazareth-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Empire State College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Community Organization for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Saratoga Springs, New York, this medium-sized public school awarded 431 degrees to qualified bachelors’s community organization students 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 New York” 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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,680. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Community Organization for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan College of New York landed the #3 spot on the list. Metropolitan College of New York is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 61 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
MCNY also made our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #3.Our most recent data shows that 115 of the 856 students enrolled at Metropolitan College of New York 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 received funds through 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
- *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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