2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Investments and Securities for a Master’s
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Investments and Securities for a Master’s” ranking.
Investments and Securities is the 869th most popular major in the country with 346 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 34 investments and securities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Investments and Securities for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in investments and securities. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality investments and securities programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the investments and securities program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Investments and Securities for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Investments and Securities for a Master’s”.
Top 3 Best Investments and Securities Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Investments and Securities for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Gardner - Webb University landed the #1 spot on the list. Boiling Springs, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s investments and securities degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Gardner - Webb also took the #2 spot in our “Best Investments and Securities Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 3,536 students enrolled at Gardner - Webb, 138 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 54 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,551. On top of their other funding sources, 21 students qualified for 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Investments and Securities for a Master’s. UNCW is a fairly large public school situated in Wilmington, North Carolina. It awarded 10 masters’s investments and securities degrees in 2020-2021.
UNCW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Investments and Securities Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Among the 17,915 students enrolled at University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 1,169 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 659 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,129. During this same period, 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 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%.
Full UNCW Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Investments and Securities for a Master’s. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s investments and securities degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Vanderbilt, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Investments and Securities Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 13,537 students enrolled at Vanderbilt University, 13 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,769. 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 96%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%.
Full Vanderbilt University 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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