2023 Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$37,000
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 9,274 people earned their degree in environmental science, making the major the 91st most popular in the United States.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 357 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental science programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Duquesne University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 14 masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Duquesne not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list.Among the 8,830 students enrolled at Duquesne University, 219 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 127 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,403. On top of their other funding sources, 43 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Duquesne University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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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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