2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Plant Sciences for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$33,393
Avg Salary
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Plant Sciences for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 3,175 people earned their degree in plant sciences, making the major the 164th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, plant sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,727 and had an average of $19,352 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 67 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,393 and $24,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Plant Sciences for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in plant sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality plant sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the plant sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Plant Sciences for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Plant Sciences for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Plant Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Plant Sciences for a Bachelor’s. Amherst, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s plant sciences degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
UMass Amherst also made our “Best Plant Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 31,642 students enrolled at University of Massachusetts Amherst, 477 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 252 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,295. To help with additional expenses, 21 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, 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%.
Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Vermont. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Plant Sciences for a Bachelor’s. University of Vermont is a public institution located in Burlington, Vermont. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UVM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Plant Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Among the 13,292 students enrolled at University of Vermont, 218 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 142 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,767. During this same period, 19 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Vermont does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full UVM Veteran Student Life Report
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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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