2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Science Teacher Education for a Master’s

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 Social Science Teacher Education for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Social Science Teacher Education is the 588th most popular major in the country with 474 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 103 social science teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Science Teacher Education for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social science teacher education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social science teacher education 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 social science teacher education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Science Teacher Education for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree vets studying social science teacher education.

Top 2 Best Social Science Teacher Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

1

University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, Florida

2,211 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Science Teacher Education for a Master’s list. USF Tampa is a public institution located in Tampa, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

USF Tampa also made our “Best Social Science Teacher Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 50,626 students enrolled at University of South Florida - Main Campus, 2,211 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,241 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,943. During this same period, 13 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Full University of South Florida - Main Campus Veteran Student Life Report

2

University of North Georgia
Dahlonega, Georgia

700 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Science Teacher Education for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Dahlonega, Georgia, and it awarded 2 masters’s social science teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

UNG also took the #2 spot in our “Best Social Science Teacher Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 700 of the 19,793 students enrolled at UNG were GI Bill® students, of which 259 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,929. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UNG]](/colleges/university-of-north-georgia/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Social Science Teacher Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aparajita Datta.