2023 Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Mississippi
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$38,617
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Public Admin for a Master’s” ranking.
Public Administration is the 60th most popular major in the country with 16,905 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, public administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,352 and had an average of $29,054 in loans still to pay off.
Across Mississippi, there were 84 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,617 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Public Admin for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public administration program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 Mississippi for Public Admin for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Public Admin for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi master’s degree vets studying public admin.
Top 2 Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Mississippi
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Public Admin for a Master’s list. Mississippi State is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 13 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
Mississippi State also made our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list, coming in at #1.Of the 22,986 students enrolled at Mississippi State University, 1,170 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 676 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,684. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Mississippi State University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Public Admin for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Belhaven University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Jackson, Mississippi, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 46 degrees to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Belhaven, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking.According to our most recent data, Belhaven supports 4,999 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 6 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,805. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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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