2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 845 people earned their degree in agricultural public services, making the major the 250th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, agricultural public services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,132 and had an average of $18,854 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 209 agricultural public services graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,639 and $18,928 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in agricultural public services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural public services programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the agricultural public services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s”.
Top 4 Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 16 masters’s agricultural public services degrees in 2020-2021.
NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Of the 36,042 students enrolled at NC State, 1,102 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 493 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,886. During this same period, 27 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. NC State offers 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #2 spot on the list. UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s agricultural public services degrees to qualified students.
UK also made our “Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4.According to our most recent data, UK supports 29,986 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 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 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #3 spot on the list. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s agricultural public services degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
UT Knoxville also took the #3 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 30,559 students enrolled at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville, 1,122 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 739 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,650. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full UT Knoxville Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Agricultural Public Services for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #4 spot on the list. UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 masters’s agricultural public services degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Agricultural Public Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, UGA supports 39,147 students, and 9 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 3 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,402. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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 UGA]](/colleges/university-of-georgia/student-life/veterans/)
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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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