2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Bioenvironmental Sciences

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Bioenvironmental Sciences” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across Arizona, there were 131 environmental science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Bioenvironmental Sciences” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in environmental science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental science programs as well as strong veteran support.

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 Arizona for Bioenvironmental Sciences

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

Top 2 Best Environmental Science Colleges for Veterans in Arizona

1

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

2,131 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$8,880 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Bioenvironmental Sciences that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 53 ’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Of the 45,601 students enrolled at University of Arizona, 2,131 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,478 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,880. In addition to receiving other benefits, 31 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Arizona]](/colleges/university-of-arizona/student-life/veterans/)

2

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

1,055 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$6,378 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Bioenvironmental Sciences. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s bioenvironmental sciences degrees to 49 students in 2020-2021.

NAU 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 29,566 students enrolled at Northern Arizona University, 1,055 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 622 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,378. On top of their other funding sources, 56 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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

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.