2023 Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Mississippi

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 in Mississippi for Human Development for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 42,112 people earned their degree in human development and family studies, making the major the 44th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, human development and family studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,862 and had an average of $22,387 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 734 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $18,958 and $23,428 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 183 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,502 and $27,577 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Human Development for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in human development and family studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human development and family studies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the human development and family studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Human Development for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Human Development for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Human Development for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 3 Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Mississippi

1

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

351 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Human Development for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Southern Mississippi is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 113 bachelors’s human development degrees to qualified students.

Southern Miss also took the #2 spot in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking.According to our most recent data, Southern Miss supports 14,606 students, and 351 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 226 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,605. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Southern Miss offers credit for military training for eligible students.

Full University of Southern Mississippi Veteran Student Life Report

2

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

1,170 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Human Development for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, this large public school awarded 52 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s human development students in 2020-2021.

Mississippi State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list.Among the 22,986 students enrolled at Mississippi State University, 1,170 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 676 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,684. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Mississippi State University offers credit for military training for eligible students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Mississippi State]](/colleges/mississippi-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

3

Alcorn State University
Alcorn State, Mississippi

107 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$4,404 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alcorn State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Human Development for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Alcorn State, Mississippi, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s human development degrees in 2020-2021.

Alcorn State also made our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list, coming in at #3.Of the 3,230 students enrolled at Alcorn State University, 107 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 24 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,404. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full Alcorn State Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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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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