2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Massachusetts for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 9,274 people earned their degree in environmental science, making the major the 91st most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 423 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in environmental science. 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts

1

University of Massachusetts - Boston
Boston, Massachusetts

678 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$12,414 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #1 spot on the list. UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 masters’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to qualified students.

UMass Boston also made our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, UMass 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. UMass Boston offers credit for military training for eligible students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Massachusetts - Boston]](/colleges/university-of-massachusetts-boston/student-life/veterans/)

2

Clark University
Worcester, Massachusetts

20 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$10,985 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clark University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Bioenvironmental Sciences for a Master’s list. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 39 degrees to qualified masters’s bioenvironmental sciences students in 2020-2021.

Clark also made our “Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #1.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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 4 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Clark]](/colleges/clark-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
• Best Environmental Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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.