2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Natural Sciences
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Ranked Colleges
338
Degrees Awarded
$39,100
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Far Western US Region for Natural Sciences” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,214 people earned their degree in natural sciences, making the major the 345th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 338 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Natural Sciences” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in natural sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural sciences programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Natural Sciences
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region vets studying natural sciences.
Top 2 Best Natural Sciences Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Loyola Marymount University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Natural Sciences. Located in Los Angeles, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 48 degrees to qualified ’s natural sciences students in 2020-2021.
Loyola Marymount did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Among the 9,686 students enrolled at Loyola Marymount, 15 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,741. During this same period, 6 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Loyola Marymount University]](/colleges/loyola-marymount-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Natural Sciences. Fairbanks, Alaska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s natural sciences degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
UAF also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].According to our most recent data, University of Alaska Fairbanks supports 6,813 students, and 665 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 417 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,685. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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