2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Physical Science Education for a Master’s

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Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Physical Science Education for a Master’s. Georgia State University is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 13 masters’s physical science education degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgia State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Science Education Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,873 of the 36,360 students enrolled at Georgia State were GI Bill® students, of which 662 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,934. On top of their other funding sources, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Georgia State offers credit for military training for eligible students.

Full Georgia State University Veteran Student Life Report

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University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Physical Science Education for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #2 spot on the list. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s physical science education degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.

UGA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Science Education Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Georgia supports 39,147 students, and 9 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 3 are 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 received scholarships through 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.

Full UGA Veteran Student Life Report

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Piedmont College
Demorest, Georgia

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Physical Science Education for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Piedmont College landed the #3 spot on the list. Piedmont College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Demorest, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Piedmont College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Science Education Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 68 of the 2,350 students enrolled at Piedmont College were GI Bill® students, of which 37 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,066. On top of their other funding sources, 12 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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