2023 Best Individualized Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Individualized Studies for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 37,634 people earned their degree in individualized studies, making the major the 38th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 13,678 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Individualized Studies for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in individualized studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality individualized studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the individualized studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The individualized studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Individualized Studies for a Master’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Individualized Studies for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree vets studying individualized studies.
Top 2 Best Individualized Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Individualized Studies for a Master’s list. Tulane University of Louisiana is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 12 masters’s individualized studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Tulane also made our “Best Individualized Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 13,927 students enrolled at Tulane were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,227. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Tulane University of Louisiana Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Individualized Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #2 spot on the list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Durham, North Carolina. It awarded 20 masters’s individualized studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Duke not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Individualized Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 36 of the 16,172 students enrolled at Duke University were GI Bill® students, of which 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,387. During this same period, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.
Full Duke Veteran Student Life Report
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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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