2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Forest Sciences and Biology for a Master’s
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Forest Sciences and Biology for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 406 people earned their degree in forest sciences and biology, making the major the 635th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 7 forest sciences and biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality forest sciences and biology programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the forest sciences and biology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Forest Sciences and Biology for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Forest Sciences and Biology for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Forest Sciences and Biology for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Forest Sciences & Biology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Forest Sciences and Biology for a Master’s list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s forest sciences and biology degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
UMaine also made our “Best Forest Sciences & Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, University of Maine supports 11,741 students, and 21 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 17 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,419. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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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