2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Education for a Master’s

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Education for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 29,810 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,719 and had an average of $23,394 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 407 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,766 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Education for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general education programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Education for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi master’s degree vets studying education.

Top 2 Best General Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Mississippi

1

Mississippi University for Women
Columbus, Mississippi

94 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$3,923 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi University for Women. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Education for a Master’s list. MUW is a small school located in Columbus, Mississippi that handed out 10 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

MUW also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking.According to our most recent data, MUW supports 2,704 students, and 94 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 42 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,923. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full MUW Veteran Student Life Report

2

Belhaven University
Jackson, Mississippi

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$2,805 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Education for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Belhaven University landed the #2 spot on the list. Belhaven is a small school located in Jackson, Mississippi that handed out 98 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

Belhaven also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 4,999 students enrolled at Belhaven University were GI Bill® students, of which 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,805. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Belhaven University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Belhaven]](/colleges/belhaven-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best General Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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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

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.

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