2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding for a Master’s
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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 the Middle Atlantic Region for Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding for a Master’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 54 people earned their degree in agricultural and horticultural plant breeding, making the major the 1082nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 7 agricultural and horticultural plant breeding graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agricultural and horticultural plant breeding programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the agricultural and horticultural plant breeding program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree vets studying agricultural and horticultural plant breeding.
Top 1 Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding for a Master’s list. Located in Ithaca, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s agricultural and horticultural plant breeding students in 2020-2021.
Cornell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 2 of the 23,620 students enrolled at Cornell University were GI Bill® students, of which 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,780. During this same period, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Cornell University]](/colleges/cornell-university/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
- *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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