2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 9,274 people earned their degree in environmental science, making the major the 91st most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 1,165 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in environmental science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental science programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the environmental science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s”.
Top 4 Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 21 masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Yale also made our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 12,060 students enrolled at Yale, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,238. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.
Full Yale Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified masters’s bioenvironmental sciences students in 2020-2021.
UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,419. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Maine 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 UMaine]](/colleges/university-of-maine/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 12 masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
UMass Boston did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Massachusetts - Boston supports 16,259 students, and 678 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 362 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,414. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Massachusetts - Boston offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Full UMass Boston Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clark University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s list. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.
Clark also took the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 20 of the 3,405 students enrolled at Clark University were GI Bill® students, of which 8 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,985. To help with additional expenses, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Clark]](/colleges/clark-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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