2023 Best L&scaping & Groundskeeping Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
14
Degrees Awarded
$28,300
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Landscaping and Groundskeeping for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
L&scaping & Groundskeeping is the 670th most popular major in the country with 781 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 285 landscaping and groundskeeping graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 landscaping and groundskeeping graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great landscaping and groundskeeping programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the landscaping and groundskeeping program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The landscaping and groundskeeping school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Landscaping and Groundskeeping for a Bachelor’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Landscaping and Groundskeeping for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Landscaping and Groundskeeping for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best L&scaping & Groundskeeping Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Landscaping and Groundskeeping for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s landscaping and groundskeeping degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Mississippi State also took the #1 spot in our “Best L&scaping & Groundskeeping Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 22,986 students enrolled at Mississippi State, 1,170 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 676 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,684. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Mississippi State Veteran Student Life Report
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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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