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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 Georgia for Biomathematics for a Master’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 2,957 people earned their degree in biomathematics and bioinformatics, making the major the 170th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, biomathematics and bioinformatics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $70,004 and had an average of $18,475 in loans still to pay off.
Across Georgia, there were 111 biomathematics and bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Biomathematics for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in biomathematics and bioinformatics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biomathematics and bioinformatics 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 biomathematics and bioinformatics program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Biomathematics for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Biomathematics for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Biomathematics for a Master’s list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school handed out 31 diplomas to qualified masters’s biomathematics students in 2020-2021.
Georgia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list.According to our most recent data, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus supports 39,771 students, and 430 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 240 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,376. On top of their other funding sources, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Biomathematics for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 2 masters’s biomathematics degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 9 of the 39,147 students enrolled at UGA were GI Bill® students, of which 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,402. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 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 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UGA]](/colleges/university-of-georgia/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Biomathematics for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 47 diplomas to qualified masters’s biomathematics students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Emory, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 13,997 students enrolled at Emory were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.
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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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