You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Citadel Military College of South Carolina. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Poly Sci for a Master’s list. The Citadel is located in Charleston, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s poly sci degrees to qualified students.
The Citadel also made our “Best Political Science Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 607 of the 3,740 students enrolled at The Citadel were GI Bill® students, of which 382 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,997. To help with additional expenses, 12 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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