2023 Best Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Law Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Law is the 840th most popular major in the country with 233 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 18 energy, environment, and natural resources law graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in energy, environment, and natural resources law. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent energy, environment, and natural resources law programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the energy, environment, and natural resources law 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 the Southeast Region for Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Law Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

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University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida

4 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Coral Gables, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s energy, environment, and natural resources law students in 2020-2021.

U Miami did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Law Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Among the 17,809 students enrolled at U Miami, 4 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $22,198. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana

1 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$8,227 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law for a Master’s list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s energy, environment, and natural resources law degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Tulane did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Law Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, Tulane supports 13,927 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,227. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Tulane]](/colleges/tulane-university-of-louisiana/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Energy, Environment, & Natural Resources Law Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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.