You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nova Southeastern University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Florida for Optometry for a Doctorate list. Fort Lauderdale, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s optometry degrees to 107 students in 2020-2021.
NUS Florida also made our “Best Optometry Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida” list, coming in at #1.Among the 20,888 students enrolled at NUS Florida, 522 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 335 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,213. On top of their other funding sources, 70 students qualified for 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%.
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