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2023 Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Georgia

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680 Degrees Awarded
$29,200 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Family Practice Nursing for a Master's

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Family Practice Nurse/Nursing is the 52nd most popular major in the country with 16,104 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Georgia, there were 720 family practice nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in family practice nurse/nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality family practice nurse/nursing programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the family practice nurse/nursing 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 Georgia for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s”.

Top 5 Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Georgia

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Mercer University
Macon, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mercer University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s. Macon, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s family practice nursing degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.

Mercer also took the #2 spot in our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking.Among the 9,006 students enrolled at Mercer, 15 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,244. To help with additional expenses, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Mercer offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Full Mercer Veteran Student Life Report

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Columbus State University
Columbus, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbus State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s list. CSU is a medium-sized public school situated in Columbus, Georgia. It awarded 95 masters’s family practice nursing degrees in 2020-2021.

CSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list.Of the 8,372 students enrolled at CSU, 9 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,636. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. CSU does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Columbus State University]](/colleges/columbus-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

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Brenau University
Gainesville, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brenau University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s. Brenau is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Gainesville, Georgia. It awarded 12 masters’s family practice nursing degrees in 2020-2021.

Brenau also took the #4 spot in our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking.According to our most recent data, Brenau University supports 2,813 students, and 2 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 2 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,961. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South University, Savannah. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s. South University, Savannah is a small school located in Savannah, Georgia that handed out 29 masters’s family practice nursing degrees in 2020-2021.

South University, Savannah also made our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #6.Our most recent data shows that 692 of the 818 students enrolled at South University, Savannah were GI Bill® students, of which 529 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,061. To help with additional expenses, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. South University, Savannah does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Family Practice Nursing for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #5 spot on the list. Emory is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 55 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Emory also made our “Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #1.Among the 13,997 students enrolled at Emory, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Emory]](/colleges/emory-university/student-life/veterans/)

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