2023 Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Middle Atlantic Region for Natural Resources/Conservation, General for a Master’s” ranking.
Natural Resources/Conservation, General is the 245th most popular major in the country with 2,834 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 358 natural resources/conservation, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Natural Resources/Conservation, General for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in natural resources/conservation, general. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural resources/conservation, general programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the natural resources/conservation, general 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 the Middle Atlantic Region for Natural Resources/Conservation, General for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Natural Resources/Conservation, General for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Natural Resources/Conservation, General for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. Cornell University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 16 masters’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2020-2021.
Cornell also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Cornell University supports 23,620 students, and 2 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 2 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,780. To help with additional expenses, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. 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.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Cornell University]](/colleges/cornell-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Natural Resources/Conservation, General for a Master’s list. SRU is a medium-sized school located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania that handed out 12 masters’s natural resources/conservation, general degrees in 2020-2021.
SRU also made our “Best Natural Resources/Conservation, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 313 of the 8,860 students enrolled at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania were GI Bill® students, of which 136 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,015. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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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