2023 Best Urban Education & Leadership Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Tennessee

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 Tennessee for Urban Education and Leadership for a Master’s” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 736 people earned their degree in urban education and leadership, making the major the 498th most popular in the United States.

Across Tennessee, there were 94 urban education and leadership graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Urban Education and Leadership for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in urban education and leadership. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great urban education and leadership programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the urban education and leadership program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Urban Education and Leadership for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Urban Education and Leadership for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Urban Education & Leadership Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Tennessee

1

Union University
Jackson, Tennessee

78 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$12,190 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Urban Education and Leadership for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Jackson, Tennessee, and it awarded 50 masters’s urban education and leadership degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our tennessee 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 Tennessee” ranking.According to our most recent data, Union University 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 received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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

13 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$17,769 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Urban Education and Leadership for a Master’s list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s urban education and leadership degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.

Vanderbilt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list.According to our most recent data, Vanderbilt University supports 13,537 students, and 13 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 3 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,769. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. 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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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%.

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Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

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