2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Molecular Biology for a Doctorate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Molecular Biology for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Molecular Biology is the 356th most popular major in the country with 1,394 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 140 molecular biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Molecular Biology for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in molecular biology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality molecular biology 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 molecular biology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Molecular Biology for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree vets studying molecular biology.
Top 2 Best Molecular Biology Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Molecular Biology for a Doctorate. Duke is a fairly large school located in Durham, North Carolina that handed out 7 doctorate’s molecular biology degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Duke, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Molecular Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Duke University supports 16,172 students, and 36 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 9 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,387. On top of their other funding sources, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Duke]](/colleges/duke-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middle Tennessee State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Molecular Biology for a Doctorate list. Murfreesboro, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s molecular biology degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Middle Tennessee State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Molecular Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Among the 22,080 students enrolled at Middle Tennessee State University, 1,284 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 799 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,132. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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