2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Natural Resources Management and Policy for a Master’s

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University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Natural Resources Management and Policy for a Master’s list. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this fairly large public school awarded 17 degrees to qualified masters’s natural resources management and policy students in 2020-2021.

UH Manoa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Hawaii at Manoa supports 18,025 students, and 3 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $22,153. During this same period, 0 students received funds 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%.

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Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Natural Resources Management and Policy for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Corvallis, Oregon, and it awarded 30 masters’s natural resources management and policy degrees in 2020-2021.

Oregon State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,559 of the 32,312 students enrolled at Oregon State were GI Bill® students, of which 1,000 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,385. On top of their other funding sources, 17 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Portland State University
Portland, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Natural Resources Management and Policy for a Master’s. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s natural resources management and policy degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.

Portland State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,127 of the 23,640 students enrolled at Portland State University were GI Bill® students, of which 739 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,835. During this same period, 100 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%.

Full Portland State University Veteran Student Life Report