2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Urban Affairs

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Urban Affairs” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Urban Studies/Affairs is the 346th most popular major in the country with 1,507 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Tennessee, there were 21 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Urban Affairs” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in urban studies/affairs. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality urban studies/affairs 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 urban studies/affairs program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Urban Affairs

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Urban Affairs”.

Top 2 Best Urban Studies/Affairs Colleges for Veterans in Tennessee

1

Tennessee State University
Nashville, Tennessee

249 GI Bill® Students**

$4,829 Average GI Bill® Award

$40,509 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tennessee State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Urban Affairs list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s urban affairs degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.

Tennessee State University also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Of the 7,615 students enrolled at Tennessee State University, 249 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 102 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,829. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full Tennessee State University Veteran Student Life Report

2

Rhodes College
Memphis, Tennessee

30 GI Bill® Students**

$13,148 Average GI Bill® Award

$66,619 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rhodes College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Urban Affairs list. This small school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 10 ’s urban affairs degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Rhodes College, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 1,875 students enrolled at Rhodes College, 30 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 21 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,148. On top of their other funding sources, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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 Rhodes College]](/colleges/rhodes-college/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

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Andrew Bossi.