2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Management Science for a Master’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Management Science for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 43,382 people earned their degree in management sciences and quantitative methods, making the major the 23rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, management sciences and quantitative methods graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $65,672 and had an average of $23,166 in loans still to pay off.

Across Tennessee, there were 333 management sciences and quantitative methods graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,587 and $23,348 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Management Science for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in management sciences and quantitative methods. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent management sciences and quantitative methods programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the management sciences and quantitative methods 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 Tennessee for Management Science for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Management Science for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Tennessee

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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee

1,122 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Management Science for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #1 spot on the list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a public institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 37 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UT Knoxville also made our “Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #2.Of the 30,559 students enrolled at UT Knoxville, 1,122 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 739 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,650. On top of their other funding sources, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UT Knoxville offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

13 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$17,769 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Management Science for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #2 spot on the list. Vanderbilt is a fairly large school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 42 masters’s management science degrees in 2020-2021.

Vanderbilt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list.Among the 13,537 students enrolled at Vanderbilt, 13 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. 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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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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

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.

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