2023 Best Business Management & Marketing Bachelor’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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Business Management & Marketing is the 163rd most popular major in the country with 4,822 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 439 business management and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 107 business management and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in business management and marketing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality business management and marketing programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the business management and marketing program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 8 Best Business Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s business management and marketing degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Miss, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Business Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 14,606 students enrolled at University of Southern Mississippi, 351 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 226 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,605. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full Southern Miss Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Lincoln Memorial University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Harrogate, Tennessee, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s business management and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
LMU also made our “Best Business Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, LMU supports 4,885 students, and 121 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 60 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,838. In addition to receiving other benefits, 3 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. LMU offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Lincoln Memorial University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Palm Beach Atlantic University landed the #3 spot on the list. Palm Beach Atlantic is a small school located in West Palm Beach, Florida that handed out 1 bachelors’s business management and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
Palm Beach Atlantic did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Business Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 123 of the 3,704 students enrolled at Palm Beach Atlantic were GI Bill® students, of which 67 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,584. During this same period, 17 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 Palm Beach Atlantic University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Lafayette landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Lafayette, Louisiana, this fairly large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s business management and marketing students in 2020-2021.
UL Lafayette did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Business Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Of the 16,450 students enrolled at UL Lafayette, 604 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 224 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,336. To help with additional expenses, 4 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 University of Louisiana at Lafayette]](/colleges/university-of-louisiana-lafayette/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bryan College - Dayton landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Dayton, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s business management and marketing students in 2020-2021.
William Jennings Bryan College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Business Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 26 of the 1,412 students enrolled at William Jennings Bryan College were GI Bill® students, of which 15 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,536. To help with additional expenses, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Bryan College - Dayton Veteran Student Life Report
Marshall University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Bachelor’s list. Marshall University is a public institution located in Huntington, West Virginia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Marshall University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Business Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Marshall University supports 11,958 students, and 406 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 128 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,840. On top of their other funding sources, 10 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full Marshall University Veteran Student Life Report
Williams Baptist University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Bachelor’s ranking. Williams Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. It awarded 1 bachelors’s business management and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
WBU also made our “Best Business Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8.According to our most recent data, WBU supports 618 students, and 19 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,834. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. WBU offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Williams Baptist University]](/colleges/williams-baptist-college/student-life/veterans/)
Claflin University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. Claflin University is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s business management and marketing degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Claflin, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Business Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Claflin University supports 2,048 students, and 120 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 36 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,484. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Full Claflin 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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