2023 Best Writing Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Tennessee

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University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Memphis. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Writing for a Master’s. UofM is a large school located in Memphis, Tennessee that handed out 7 masters’s writing degrees in 2020-2021.

UofM also made our “Best Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #3.Our most recent data shows that 766 of the 22,205 students enrolled at University of Memphis were GI Bill® students, of which 446 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,772. To help with additional expenses, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Memphis does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Writing for a Master’s. Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s writing degrees to qualified students.

Vanderbilt also took the #1 spot in our “Best Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking.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 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 qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. 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.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Vanderbilt University]](/colleges/vanderbilt-university/student-life/veterans/)

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Sewanee - The University of the South
Sewanee, Tennessee

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Writing for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Sewanee - The University of the South landed the #3 spot on the list. Sewanee - The University of the South is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sewanee, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Sewanee, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking.According to our most recent data, Sewanee supports 1,800 students, and 22 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 14 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,591. During this same period, 8 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Sewanee - The University of the South]](/colleges/sewanee-the-university-of-the-south/student-life/veterans/)