2023 Best Environmental Studies Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California

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University of California - Davis
Davis, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Ecosystem Studies for a Master’s list. Davis, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ecosystem studies degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.

UC Davis also made our “Best Environmental Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #2.Of the 39,074 students enrolled at University of California - Davis, 31 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 23 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,489. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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University of San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Ecosystem Studies for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Francisco landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in San Francisco, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 30 diplomas to qualified masters’s ecosystem studies students in 2020-2021.

USFCA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Environmental Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” list.Our most recent data shows that 6 of the 10,068 students enrolled at University of San Francisco were GI Bill® students, of which 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $19,232. On top of their other funding sources, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%.

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Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Monterey, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Ecosystem Studies for a Master’s list. Middlebury Institute is a small school located in Monterey, California that handed out 27 masters’s ecosystem studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Middlebury Institute also made our “Best Environmental Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #4.Our most recent data shows that 36 of the 686 students enrolled at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey were GI Bill® students, of which 34 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,444. On top of their other funding sources, 24 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 undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 1 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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