2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies for a Bachelor’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies is the 13th most popular major in the country with 115,895 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, multi / interdisciplinary studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,731 and had an average of $23,191 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 621 multi / interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,008 and $31,356 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 553 multi / interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,502 and $27,577 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in multi / interdisciplinary studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality multi / interdisciplinary studies programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the multi / interdisciplinary studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Mississippi

1

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

1,170 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies for a Bachelor’s. Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 247 bachelors’s multi / interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mississippi State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,170 of the 22,986 students enrolled at Mississippi State were GI Bill® students, of which 676 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,684. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Mississippi State Veteran Student Life Report

2

Belhaven University
Jackson, Mississippi

1 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$2,805 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Belhaven University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Jackson, Mississippi, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s multi / interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Belhaven not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list.According to our most recent data, Belhaven supports 4,999 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 6 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,805. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Belhaven offers credit for military training for eligible students.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Belhaven University Veteran Student Life Report

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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

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.