2023 Best Natural Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$31,600
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Natural Sciences for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Natural Sciences is the 345th most popular major in the country with 2,214 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 163 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 145 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Natural Sciences for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in natural sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural sciences 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 natural sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Natural Sciences for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Natural Sciences for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Natural Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Natural Sciences for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s natural sciences degrees to 84 students in 2020-2021.
K -State also made our “Best Natural Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 20,854 students enrolled at K -State, 1,099 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 647 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,562. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Saint Benedict. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Natural Sciences for a Bachelor’s. College of Saint Benedict is located in Saint Joseph, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees to qualified students.
CSB also made our “Best Natural Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2.Of the 1,668 students enrolled at College of Saint Benedict, 15 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,588. On top of their other funding sources, 5 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at College of Saint Benedict]](/colleges/college-of-saint-benedict/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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