2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for International and Comparative Education for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$33,600
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for International and Comparative Education for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
International & Comparative Education is the 724th most popular major in the country with 293 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 54 international and comparative education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great international and comparative education 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 international and comparative education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for International and Comparative Education for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for International and Comparative Education for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best International & Comparative Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for International and Comparative Education for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 12 masters’s international and comparative education degrees in 2020-2021.
Vanderbilt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best International & Comparative Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” 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. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds 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 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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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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