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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Biological Science for a Doctorate

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Biological Science for a Doctorate

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Southwest Region for Biological Science for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 30,075 people earned their degree in biological and physical science, making the major the 38th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, biological and physical science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,402 and had an average of $15,005 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,580 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,817 and $18,855 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biological and physical science programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the biological and physical science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Biological Science for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree vets studying biological science.

Top 1 Best Biological & Physical Science Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

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Rice University
Houston, Texas

Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Biological Science for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Rice University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s biological science students in 2020-2021.

Rice did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biological & Physical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Of the 7,643 students enrolled at Rice, 157 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 80 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,656. To help with additional expenses, 68 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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 6 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 excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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