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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 the Southeast Region for Community Organization for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Community Organization & Advocacy is the 227th most popular major in the country with 3,096 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 286 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Community Organization for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in community organization and advocacy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent community organization and advocacy programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the community organization and advocacy program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Community Organization for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Community Organization for a Master’s”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Community Organization for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Murray State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Murray State University is located in Murray, Kentucky and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 masters’s community organization degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Murray State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 401 of the 9,449 students enrolled at Murray State were GI Bill® students, of which 133 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,362. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Murray State University]](/colleges/murray-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Community Organization for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the #2 spot on the list. Western Kentucky University is a public institution located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
WKU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, WKU supports 17,517 students, and 847 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 345 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,743. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Community Organization for a Master’s. Vanderbilt is a fairly large school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 13 masters’s community organization degrees in 2020-2021.
Vanderbilt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Among the 13,537 students enrolled at Vanderbilt, 13 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,769. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Community Organization for a Master’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Lakeland, Florida, and it awarded 16 masters’s community organization degrees in 2020-2021.
SEU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Of the 9,546 students enrolled at SEU, 7 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,265. 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.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Southeastern University]](/colleges/southeastern-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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