The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Poly Sci for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Poly Sci for a Master’s list. UT Knoxville is a public institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UT Knoxville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Political Science Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list.Among the 30,559 students enrolled at UT Knoxville, 1,122 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 739 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,650. During this same period, 8 students received scholarships through 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 89%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Poly Sci for a Master’s list. Memphis, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s poly sci degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
UofM also made our “Best Political Science Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #3.Among the 22,205 students enrolled at UofM, 766 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 446 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,772. To help with additional expenses, 4 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Poly Sci for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #3 spot on the list. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 5 masters’s poly sci degrees in 2020-2021.
Vanderbilt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Political Science Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list.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. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Full Vanderbilt Veteran Student Life Report