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2023 Best Computational Science Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

5 Ranked Colleges
33 Degrees Awarded
$34,400 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly for Computational Science for a Doctorate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Computational Science for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 1,360 people earned their degree in computational science, making the major the 224th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, computational science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $69,024 and had an average of $22,500 in loans still to pay off.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Computational Science for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in computational science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computational science programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the computational science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Computational Science for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Computational Science for a Doctorate”.

Top 5 Best Computational Science Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Computational Science for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #1 spot on the list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s computational science degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Austin, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Computational Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 7 of the 50,476 students enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,893. During this same period, 0 students qualified for 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 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Computational Science for a Doctorate list. University of California - Irvine is located in Irvine, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s computational science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree vets studying computational science list, UC Irvine has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Computational Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of California - Irvine supports 36,303 students, and 8 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are 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 funds 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 94%.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Computational Science for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #3 spot on the list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s computational science degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

UMass Boston also made our “Best Computational Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, University of Massachusetts - Boston supports 16,259 students, and 678 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 362 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,414. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Computational Science for a Doctorate list. Chattanooga, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s computational science degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

UT Chattanooga not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Computational Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 431 of the 11,728 students enrolled at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga were GI Bill® students, of which 270 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,374. To help with additional expenses, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #5 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Computational Science for a Doctorate. UTEP is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 4 doctorate’s computational science degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree vets studying computational science list, UTEP has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Computational Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,873 of the 24,879 students enrolled at The University of Texas at El Paso were GI Bill® students, of which 942 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,990. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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