2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Criminology for a Master’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Georgia for Criminology for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 11,039 people earned their degree in criminology, making the major the 76th most popular in the United States.

Across Georgia, there were 321 criminology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Criminology for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in criminology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent criminology programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the criminology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Criminology for a Master’s

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

Top 2 Best Criminology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Georgia

1

University of West Georgia
Carrollton, Georgia

490 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Criminology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of West Georgia landed the #1 spot on the list. Carrollton, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s criminology degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.

University of West Georgia also made our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #1.Of the 13,419 students enrolled at University of West Georgia, 490 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 171 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,416. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full University of West Georgia Veteran Student Life Report

2

Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, Georgia

1,102 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Criminology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Southern University landed the #2 spot on the list. GaSou is a large public school situated in Statesboro, Georgia. It awarded 11 masters’s criminology degrees in 2020-2021.

GaSou not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Criminology Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list.Of the 26,949 students enrolled at Georgia Southern University, 1,102 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 406 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,665. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full GaSou Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Criminology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
• Best Criminology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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.