2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$29,600
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Tennessee for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 2,287 people earned their degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing, making the major the 409th most popular in the United States.
Across Tennessee, there were 105 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Tennessee
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Adventist University landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Adventist is located in Collegedale, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees to qualified students.
Southern Adventist also took the #2 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking.According to our most recent data, Southern Adventist University supports 2,730 students, and 39 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 23 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,631. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Southern Adventist University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Southern Adventist University]](/colleges/southern-adventist-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing for a Master’s. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 52 diplomas to qualified masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing students in 2020-2021.
Vanderbilt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list.According to our most recent data, Vanderbilt supports 13,537 students, and 13 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 3 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,769. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Vanderbilt]](/colleges/vanderbilt-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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