2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Transportation & Materials Moving
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Ranked Colleges
2,255
Degrees Awarded
$27,600
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Transportation & Materials Moving” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Transportation & Materials Moving is the 33rd most popular major in the country with 29,084 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, transportation and materials moving graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,489 and had an average of $13,949 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 2,255 transportation and materials moving graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,115 and $15,124 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Transportation & Materials Moving” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in transportation and materials moving. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent transportation and materials moving 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 transportation and materials moving program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 the New England Region for Transportation & Materials Moving” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Transportation & Materials Moving
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Transportation & Materials Moving”.
Top 2 Best Transportation & Materials Moving Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maine Maritime Academy. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Transportation & Materials Moving list. Maine Maritime Academy is a public institution located in Castine, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 52 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Maine Maritime did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 92 of the 941 students enrolled at Maine Maritime were GI Bill® students, of which 37 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,276. On top of their other funding sources, 5 students qualified for 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 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%.
Full Maine Maritime Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bridgewater State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Transportation & Materials Moving list. Located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school handed out 39 diplomas to qualified ’s transportation and materials moving students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bridgewater State, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, Bridgewater State University supports 10,651 students, and 393 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 171 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,335. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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