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2023 Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Tennessee

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$33,600 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Legal Professions for a Master's

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Legal Professions for a Master’s” ranking.

Legal Professions is the 16th most popular major in the country with 61,055 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, legal professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,649 and had an average of $28,699 in loans still to pay off.

Across Tennessee, there were 755 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,467 and $19,560 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great legal professions 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 legal professions program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Legal Professions for a Master’s”.

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Legal Professions for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #1 spot on the list. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 4 masters’s legal professions degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Vanderbilt, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 13 of the 13,537 students enrolled at Vanderbilt were GI Bill® students, of which 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,769. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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.

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

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