2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Biometry/Biometrics for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$39,600
Avg Cost*
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 Southeast Region for Biometry/Biometrics for a Master’s” ranking.
Biometry/Biometrics is the 926th most popular major in the country with 148 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 57 biometry/biometrics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biometry/biometrics programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the biometry/biometrics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Biometry/Biometrics for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Biometry/Biometrics for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree vets studying biometry/biometrics.
Top 1 Best Biometry/Biometrics Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Biometry/Biometrics for a Master’s list. GMU is a large public school situated in Fairfax, Virginia. It awarded 13 masters’s biometry/biometrics degrees in 2020-2021.
GMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biometry/Biometrics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 2,334 of the 38,541 students enrolled at George Mason University were GI Bill® students, of which 1,583 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,710. To help with additional expenses, 42 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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