You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Other Education for a Master’s. SMU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 139 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree vets studying other education list, SMU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Other Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Among the 12,373 students enrolled at Southern Methodist University, 327 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 215 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,612. During this same period, 103 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
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