2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Applied/Public Sociology for a Master’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Applied/Public Sociology for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Applied/Public Sociology is the 1106th most popular major in the country with 49 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 10 applied/public sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Applied/Public Sociology for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in applied/public sociology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality applied/public sociology 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 applied/public sociology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Applied/Public Sociology for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree vets studying applied/public sociology.

Top 2 Best Applied/Public Sociology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

1

Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

2,559 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Applied/Public Sociology for a Master’s. Texas State University is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 3 masters’s applied/public sociology degrees in 2020-2021.

Texas State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Applied/Public Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 2,559 of the 37,812 students enrolled at Texas State University were GI Bill® students, of which 1,197 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,635. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full Texas State University Veteran Student Life Report

2

The University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, Texas

752 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Applied/Public Sociology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Richardson, Texas, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s applied/public sociology students in 2020-2021.

UT Dallas also made our “Best Applied/Public Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2.Of the 28,669 students enrolled at The University of Texas at Dallas, 752 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 458 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,706. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full The University of Texas at Dallas Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Applied/Public Sociology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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.