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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Pharmaceutical Sciences

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 California for Pharmaceutical Sciences” ranking.

Pharmaceutical Sciences is the 274th most popular major in the country with 2,139 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across California, there were 289 pharmaceutical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Pharmaceutical Sciences” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in pharmaceutical sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pharmaceutical sciences 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 pharmaceutical sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Pharmaceutical Sciences

The colleges and universities below are the best for california vets studying pharmaceutical sciences.

Top 4 Best Pharmaceutical Sciences Colleges for Veterans in California

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Pharmaceutical Sciences that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. USC is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 ’s pharmaceutical sciences degrees to qualified students.

USC also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, USC supports 46,287 students, and 1,311 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 862 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,487. On top of their other funding sources, 388 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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. 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Irvine. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Pharmaceutical Sciences. Irvine, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s pharmaceutical sciences degrees to 112 students in 2020-2021.

UC Irvine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Of the 36,303 students enrolled at UC Irvine, 8 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,620. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of California - Irvine]](/colleges/university-of-california-irvine/student-life/veterans/)

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Pharmaceutical Sciences. University of California - Davis is a large school located in Davis, California that handed out 134 ’s pharmaceutical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

UC Davis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 31 of the 39,074 students enrolled at UC Davis were GI Bill® students, of which 23 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,489. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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%.

Full University of California - Davis Veteran Student Life Report

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Chapman University
Orange, California

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Pharmaceutical Sciences that were part of this year’s ranking, Chapman University landed the #4 spot on the list. Chapman is located in Orange, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 ’s pharmaceutical sciences degrees to qualified students.

Chapman not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 9,761 students enrolled at Chapman 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Chapman University]](/colleges/chapman-university/student-life/veterans/)

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