2023 Best Retailing and Retail Operations Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 for Retailing and Retail Operations for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Retailing and Retail Operations is the 515th most popular major in the country with 1,025 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent retailing and retail operations programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the retailing and retail operations program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Retailing and Retail Operations for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Retailing and Retail Operations for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Retailing and Retail Operations Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Retailing and Retail Operations for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbia, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s retailing and retail operations degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
UofSC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Retailing and Retail Operations Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,609 of the 35,470 students enrolled at University of South Carolina - Columbia were GI Bill® students, of which 651 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,453. To help with additional expenses, 33 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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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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