2023 Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Mississippi

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Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Communications for a Bachelor’s. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s communications degrees to 163 students in 2020-2021.

Mississippi State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list.According to our most recent data, Mississippi State University supports 22,986 students, and 1,170 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 676 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,684. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Mississippi State University offers credit for military training for eligible students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full Mississippi State Veteran Student Life Report

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University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Communications for a Bachelor’s. This fairly large school is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.

Southern Miss not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list.Our most recent data shows that 351 of the 14,606 students enrolled at University of Southern Mississippi were GI Bill® students, of which 226 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,605. During this same period, 0 students qualified for 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 Southern Miss]](/colleges/university-of-southern-mississippi/student-life/veterans/)

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Jackson State University
Jackson, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jackson State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Communications for a Bachelor’s. Jackson State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Jackson, Mississippi. It awarded 14 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.

Jackson State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list.Of the 6,921 students enrolled at Jackson State, 233 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 94 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,435. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Jackson State does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Jackson State University]](/colleges/jackson-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

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Mississippi College
Clinton, Mississippi

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Communications for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi College landed the #4 spot on the list. Mississippi College is located in Clinton, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s communications degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking.According to our most recent data, Mississippi College supports 4,667 students, and 171 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 98 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,734. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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 MC Veteran Student Life Report