by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Milligan University took the #730 spot.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee, Milligan came in at #18.
Milligan was ranked #655 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Tennessee, Milligan came in at #18.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 63.0% of the total graduate students at Milligan are women and 37.0% are men.
Of all the graduate students at Milligan, around 8.1% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 3.8% of graduate students hail from another country. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,996 | $8,996 |
| Fees | $800 | $800 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at Milligan is $52,433. When comparing to other master's degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 10% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Milligan University.
Contact details for Milligan are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 Blowers Blvd., Milligan, TN 37682 |
| Phone: | 423-461-8700 |
| Website: | www.milligan.edu/ |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15.3% of the graduate students at Milligan took at least one online course. For that same period, 3.8% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 9 |
| Theology & Religious Vocations (Other) | 3 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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