2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for PR for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$31,800
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for PR for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Public Relations is the 138th most popular major in the country with 5,216 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,446 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for PR for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public relations. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public relations programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public relations 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 PR for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for PR for a Master’s”.
Top 3 Best Public Relations 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 PR for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #1 spot on the list. U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Coral Gables, Florida. It awarded 7 masters’s PR degrees in 2020-2021.
U Miami also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Relations Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Miami supports 17,809 students, and 4 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $22,198. To help with additional expenses, 2 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Miami Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for PR for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi College landed the #2 spot on the list. Mississippi College is located in Clinton, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s PR degrees to qualified students.
MC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Public Relations Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, MC 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. To help with additional expenses, 1 students received scholarships through 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at MC]](/colleges/mississippi-college/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for PR for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Full Sail University landed the #3 spot on the list. Full Sail University is a private for-profit institution located in Winter Park, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 48 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Sail University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Public Relations Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Of the 24,627 students enrolled at Full Sail University, 4,199 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3,206 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,240. To help with additional expenses, 604 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Full Sail University]](/colleges/full-sail-university/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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