2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Jewelry Arts

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Jewelry Arts” ranking.

Jewelry Arts is the 972nd most popular major in the country with 321 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 128 jewelry arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Jewelry Arts” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in jewelry arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality jewelry arts 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 jewelry arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Jewelry Arts

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region vets studying jewelry arts.

Top 2 Best Jewelry Arts Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

830 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$13,479 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Jewelry Arts list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 16 ’s jewelry arts degrees in 2020-2021.

Temple also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 37,236 students enrolled at Temple, 830 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 510 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,479. In addition to receiving other benefits, 9 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Temple 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

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2

Fashion Institute of Technology
New York, New York

83 GI Bill® Students**

$3,456 Average GI Bill® Award

$60,037 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fashion Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Jewelry Arts. FIT SUNY is located in New York, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 ’s jewelry arts degrees to qualified students.

FIT SUNY also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 83 of the 8,191 students enrolled at Fashion Institute of Technology were GI Bill® students, of which 45 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,456. 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, 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 Fashion Institute of Technology]](/colleges/fashion-institute-of-technology/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Jewelry Arts Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.