2023 Best Financial Mathematics Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Financial Math for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Financial Mathematics is the 153rd most popular major in the country with 4,612 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 623 financial mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Financial Math for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in financial mathematics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality financial mathematics programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the financial mathematics 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 Financial Math for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree vets studying financial math.
Top 7 Best Financial Mathematics Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Financial Math for a Master’s. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s financial math degrees to 43 students in 2020-2021.
UK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Financial Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Among the 29,986 students enrolled at UK, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UK offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Miami. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Financial Math for a Master’s. U Miami is a private not-for-profit institution located in Coral Gables, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 79 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
U Miami also took the #2 spot in our “Best Financial Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 4 of the 17,809 students enrolled at University of Miami were GI Bill® students, of which 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. To help with additional expenses, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Miami does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at U Miami]](/colleges/university-of-miami/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Financial Math for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 17 masters’s financial math degrees in 2020-2021.
NC State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Financial Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 36,042 students enrolled at NC State, 1,102 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 493 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,886. On top of their other funding sources, 27 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Financial Math for a Master’s. Charlottesville, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s financial math degrees to 43 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Virginia, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Financial Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 25,628 students enrolled at University of Virginia - Main Campus, 3 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Financial Math for a Master’s. Georgia State University is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 33 masters’s financial math degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree vets studying financial math list, Georgia State has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Financial Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 36,360 students enrolled at Georgia State, 1,873 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 662 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,934. During this same period, 2 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Financial Math for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #6. UNC Charlotte is a large public school situated in Charlotte, North Carolina. It awarded 37 masters’s financial math degrees in 2020-2021.
UNC Charlotte not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Financial Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,476 of the 30,146 students enrolled at University of North Carolina at Charlotte were GI Bill® students, of which 642 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,691. On top of their other funding sources, 13 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of North Carolina at Charlotte does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UNC Charlotte]](/colleges/university-of-north-carolina-at-charlotte/student-life/veterans/)
Vanderbilt University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Financial Math for a Master’s ranking. Vanderbilt University is a fairly large school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 146 masters’s financial math degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree vets studying financial math list, Vanderbilt has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Financial Mathematics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 13,537 students enrolled at Vanderbilt, 13 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were 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.
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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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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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