2023 Best Turf & Turfgrass Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$23,400
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Southeast Region for Turf and Turfgrass Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 340 people earned their degree in turf and turfgrass management, making the major the 762nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 134 turf and turfgrass management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 turf and turfgrass management graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Turf and Turfgrass Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in turf and turfgrass management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great turf and turfgrass management programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the turf and turfgrass management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Turf and Turfgrass Management for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Turf and Turfgrass Management for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Turf & Turfgrass Management Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Turf and Turfgrass Management for a Bachelor’s list. UGA is a large public school situated in Athens, Georgia. It awarded 6 bachelors’s turf and turfgrass management degrees in 2020-2021.
UGA also made our “Best Turf & Turfgrass Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 9 of the 39,147 students enrolled at UGA were GI Bill® students, of which 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,402. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Georgia Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Turf and Turfgrass Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College landed the #2 spot on the list. Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College is a small school located in Tifton, Georgia that handed out 21 bachelors’s turf and turfgrass management degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree vets studying turf and turfgrass management list, ABAC Tifton has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Turf & Turfgrass Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 3,990 students enrolled at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, 91 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 42 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,792. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College]](/colleges/abraham-baldwin-agricultural-college/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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