2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Math and Stats
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Ranked Colleges
47
Degrees Awarded
$33,300
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Math and Stats” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Mathematics & Statistics is the 627th most popular major in the country with 436 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 47 mathematics and statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mathematics and statistics programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mathematics and statistics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Math and Stats” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Math and Stats
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region vets studying math and stats.
Top 1 Best Mathematics & Statistics Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gustavus Adolphus College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Math and Stats. Gustavus Adolphus College is a small school located in Saint Peter, Minnesota that handed out 9 ’s math and stats degrees in 2020-2021.
Gustavus Adolphus also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Our most recent data shows that 24 of the 2,230 students enrolled at Gustavus Adolphus were GI Bill® students, of which 12 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,970. On top of their other funding sources, 7 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Gustavus Adolphus College]](/colleges/gustavus-adolphus-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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