2023 Best Environmental Science Colleges for Veterans in Hawaii

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 Hawaii for Bioenvironmental Sciences” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Environmental Science is the 91st most popular major in the country with 9,274 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Hawaii, there were 48 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Bioenvironmental Sciences” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in environmental science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental science programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the environmental science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The bioenvironmental sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Bioenvironmental Sciences”.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Bioenvironmental Sciences

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Bioenvironmental Sciences”.

Top 2 Best Environmental Science Colleges for Veterans in Hawaii

1

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii

3 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$22,153 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Bioenvironmental Sciences. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

UH Manoa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Among the 18,025 students enrolled at UH Manoa, 3 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were 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 qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UH Manoa offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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 UH Manoa]](/colleges/university-of-hawaii-at-manoa/student-life/veterans/)

2

University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hilo, Hawaii

147 GI Bill® Students**

$5,970 Average GI Bill® Award

$43,823 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Bioenvironmental Sciences that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Hilo landed the #2 spot on the list. UH Hilo is a small school located in Hilo, Hawaii that handed out 31 ’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

UH Hilo also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 3,165 students enrolled at University of Hawaii at Hilo, 147 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 75 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,970. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Hawaii at Hilo offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Lynn Betts.