2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Teacher Education for a Master’s

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 Mississippi for Teacher Education for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Teacher Education is the 97th most popular major in the country with 9,949 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Mississippi, there were 91 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Teacher Education for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality teacher education programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the teacher education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Teacher Education for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi master’s degree vets studying teacher education.

Top 2 Best Teacher Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Mississippi

1

Jackson State University
Jackson, Mississippi

233 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jackson State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Teacher Education for a Master’s list. Jackson State University is a medium-sized school located in Jackson, Mississippi that handed out 34 masters’s teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

Jackson State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Teacher Education Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list.According to our most recent data, Jackson State supports 6,921 students, and 233 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 94 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,435. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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2

Delta State University
Cleveland, Mississippi

92 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$4,717 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Delta State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Teacher Education for a Master’s. Located in Cleveland, Mississippi, this small public school awarded 31 diplomas to qualified masters’s teacher education students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Delta State University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking.According to our most recent data, Delta State University supports 2,999 students, and 92 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 52 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,717. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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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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