2023 Best Urban Education & Leadership Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

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Florida International University
Miami, Florida

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Urban Education and Leadership for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the #1 spot on the list. Florida International University is a large school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 6 masters’s urban education and leadership degrees in 2020-2021.

FIU also made our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4.According to our most recent data, FIU supports 58,836 students, and 1,079 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 606 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,771. To help with additional expenses, 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 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Urban Education and Leadership for a Master’s. University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a public institution located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 23 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UNC Charlotte also made our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3.Among the 30,146 students enrolled at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1,476 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 642 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,691. On top of their other funding sources, 13 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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Union University
Jackson, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Urban Education and Leadership for a Master’s list. Union is a private not-for-profit institution located in Jackson, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 50 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree vets studying urban education and leadership list, Union has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Union supports 3,071 students, and 78 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 53 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,190. In addition to receiving other benefits, 13 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Union does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Urban Education and Leadership for a Master’s list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s urban education and leadership students in 2020-2021.

Vanderbilt also made our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 13,537 students enrolled at Vanderbilt, 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 Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,769. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.

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