2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Bioenvironmental Sciences

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Georgia 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 Georgia, there were 103 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Bioenvironmental Sciences” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in environmental science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental science programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Georgia for Bioenvironmental Sciences”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Bioenvironmental Sciences

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia vets studying bioenvironmental sciences.

Top 2 Best Environmental Science Colleges for Veterans in Georgia

1

University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

9 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$7,402 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Bioenvironmental Sciences that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Georgia is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 5 ’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

UGA also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 9 of the 39,147 students enrolled at UGA were GI Bill® students, of which 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,402. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full UGA Veteran Student Life Report

2

Berry College
Mount Berry, Georgia

53 GI Bill® Students**

$20,237 Average GI Bill® Award

$45,582 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Berry College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Bioenvironmental Sciences. Located in Mount Berry, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified ’s bioenvironmental sciences students in 2020-2021.

Berry also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 2,125 students enrolled at Berry, 53 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 26 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,237. In addition to receiving other benefits, 20 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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 Berry Veteran Student Life Report

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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.