2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Plains States Region for Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding for a Master’s” ranking.
Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding is the 1082nd most popular major in the country with 54 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 15 agricultural and horticultural plant breeding graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural and horticultural plant breeding programs as well as strong veteran support.
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 Plains States Region for Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Iowa State is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 11 masters’s agricultural and horticultural plant breeding degrees in 2020-2021.
Iowa State also made our “Best Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 814 of the 31,822 students enrolled at Iowa State were GI Bill® students, of which 388 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,933. On top of their other funding sources, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
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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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