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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Community Organization for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Community Organization for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in community organization and advocacy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality community organization and advocacy programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the community organization and advocacy program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Community Organization for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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 Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Towson University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Community Organization for a Master’s list. Towson is a large public school situated in Towson, Maryland. It awarded 5 masters’s community organization degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Towson, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Of the 21,917 students enrolled at Towson University, 3 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,999. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Towson University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Towson]](/colleges/towson-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Binghamton University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Community Organization for a Master’s. Binghamton University is a fairly large school located in Vestal, New York that handed out 11 masters’s community organization degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Binghamton University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Of the 18,148 students enrolled at Binghamton University, 102 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 46 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,948. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Community Organization for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, John Jay College of Criminal Justice landed the #3 spot on the list. John Jay is located in New York, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 masters’s community organization degrees to qualified students.
John Jay not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Of the 15,766 students enrolled at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $952. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. John Jay College of Criminal Justice does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at John Jay]](/colleges/cuny-john-jay-college-of-criminal-justice/student-life/veterans/)
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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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