��Ƶ College of Business among ‘Best for Vets’ rankings

STARKVILLE, Miss.—��Ƶ again is listed among the Military Times Best for Vets 2016 rankings, with specific recognition for the university’s College of Business.

Released this week, the Military Times Best for Vets: Business Schools distinction recognizes ��Ƶ’s business college’s complete graduate programs at No. 26 for educating and providing opportunities to America’s veterans.

As with all of the Best for Vets rankings, Best for Vets: Business Schools is an editorially independent news project that evaluates the many factors that help make colleges and universities a good fit for service members, military veterans and their families. The selection and rankings focus on veteran culture and curriculum, cost in the context of military and veteran benefits, overall veteran policies, and publicly available outcome measures.

For the complete rankings, visit .

“Veterans have told us they were attracted to a business degree because it wouldn’t tie them down to a certain industry,” said Amanda Miller, editor of Military Times Best for Vets rankings and special editions. “The survey lets us recognize the graduate business schools with close military connections that truly take vets’ success to heart.”

��Ƶ has long been recognized as one of the nation’s most veteran-friendly universities. About 450 veterans and service members are students at ��Ƶ, and the veteran community, which includes dependents, comprises more than 2,100 students on campus.

��Ƶ is Mississippi’s leading university, available online at .

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