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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Community Organization for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Community Organization & Advocacy is the 169th most popular major in the country with 3,096 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, community organization and advocacy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,265 and had an average of $26,263 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 286 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,268 and $31,603 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Community Organization for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in community organization and advocacy. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great community organization and advocacy programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the community organization and advocacy program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
The community organization school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Community Organization for a Master’s”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree vets studying community organization.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Community Organization for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Murray State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Murray State is a medium-sized school located in Murray, Kentucky that handed out 27 masters’s community organization degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Murray State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 9,449 students enrolled at Murray State, 401 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 133 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,362. 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.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Murray State]](/colleges/murray-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Community Organization for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, this fairly large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s community organization students in 2020-2021.
WKU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 17,517 students enrolled at WKU, 847 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 345 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,743. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Community Organization for a Master’s list. Vanderbilt University is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s community organization degrees to qualified students.
Vanderbilt also took the #1 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 13,537 students enrolled at Vanderbilt University, 13 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,769. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Vanderbilt University]](/colleges/vanderbilt-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Community Organization for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern University landed the #4 spot on the list. Lakeland, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s community organization degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
SEU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, SEU supports 9,546 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,265. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Southeastern University]](/colleges/southeastern-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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