2023 Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Sciences for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Social Sciences is the 54th most popular major in the country with 18,997 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,991 and had an average of $24,438 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 3,011 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,756 and $27,684 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Sciences for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general social sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general social sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general social sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Sciences for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Sciences for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree vets studying social sciences.
Top 4 Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Troy University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Sciences for a Master’s. TROY is a fairly large school located in Troy, Alabama that handed out 14 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree vets studying social sciences list, TROY has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 16,497 students enrolled at TROY, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,250. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full Troy University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Sciences for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mercer University landed the #2 spot on the list. Macon, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree vets studying social sciences list, Mercer has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 9,006 students enrolled at Mercer University, 15 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,244. During this same period, 3 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.
Full Mercer Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Sciences for a Master’s. Located in Tallahassee, Florida, this medium-sized public school awarded 43 diplomas to qualified masters’s social sciences students in 2020-2021.
Florida A&M University also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Florida A&M University supports 9,184 students, and 21 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 8 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,764. To help with additional expenses, 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 Florida A&M University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern University and A & M College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Sciences for a Master’s list. Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s social sciences students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree vets studying social sciences list, Southern University and A & M College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 6,917 students enrolled at Southern University and A & M College, 313 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 54 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,125. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Southern University and A & M College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Southern University and A & M College 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
- *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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