You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Biological & Physical Sciences for a Master’s. Cedar Falls, Iowa is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biological and physical sciences degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNI, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Biological & Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Among the 9,507 students enrolled at UNI, 251 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 99 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,033. To help with additional expenses, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UNI does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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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