2023 Best Business Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Business Management & Marketing is the 163rd most popular major in the country with 4,822 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 258 business management and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the business management and marketing program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Master’s”.
Top 4 Best Business Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 18 masters’s business management and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
Webster not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Business Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 8,197 students enrolled at Webster University were GI Bill® students, of which 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,175. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Webster University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Webster University]](/colleges/webster-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #2 spot on the list. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s business management and marketing degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Business Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Among the 25,108 students enrolled at UNL, 690 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 344 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,374. On top of their other funding sources, 79 students qualified for 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Doane University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Master’s. Doane University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Crete, Nebraska. It awarded 60 masters’s business management and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
Doane Crete did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Business Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Of the 2,281 students enrolled at Doane Crete, 46 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,250. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 Doane University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dakota Wesleyan University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Business Management & Marketing for a Master’s. Dakota Wesleyan University is a small school located in Mitchell, South Dakota that handed out 12 masters’s business management and marketing degrees in 2020-2021.
Dakota Wesleyan University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Business Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 18 of the 933 students enrolled at Dakota Wesleyan University were GI Bill® students, of which 10 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,513. During this same period, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 Dakota Wesleyan University 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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