2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Non-Professional General Legal Studies is the 143rd most popular major in the country with 4,407 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, non-professional general legal studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,632 and had an average of $33,872 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,072 non-professional general legal studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,109 and $30,964 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in non-professional general legal studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent non-professional general legal 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 non-professional general legal studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree vets studying non-professional general legal studies.

Top 3 Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

1

American Public University System
Charles Town, West Virginia

18,040 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the #1 spot on the list. American Military University is a large school located in Charles Town, West Virginia that handed out 33 masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree vets studying non-professional general legal studies list, American Military University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, American Public University System supports 50,047 students, and 18,040 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 15,422 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,793. 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.

With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at American Military University]](/colleges/american-public-university-system/student-life/veterans/)

2

Hodges University
Naples, Florida

155 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hodges University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s. International College is located in Naples, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at International College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 700 students enrolled at Hodges University, 155 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 139 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,816. On top of their other funding sources, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full International College Veteran Student Life Report

3

West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia

1,033 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Non-Professional General Legal Studies for a Master’s. Morgantown, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s non-professional general legal studies degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree vets studying non-professional general legal studies list, WVU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Non-Professional General Legal Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 26,269 students enrolled at WVU, 1,033 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 458 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,599. To help with additional expenses, 66 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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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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