2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Geochemistry 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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Geochemistry for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 49 people earned their degree in geochemistry, making the major the 1106th most popular in the United States.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Geochemistry for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in geochemistry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent geochemistry 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 geochemistry program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Geochemistry for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree vets studying geochemistry.

Top 2 Best Geochemistry Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

1

Colorado School of Mines
Golden, Colorado

234 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$12,456 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado School of Mines. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Geochemistry for a Master’s. Colorado School of Mines is a medium-sized public school situated in Golden, Colorado. It awarded 2 masters’s geochemistry degrees in 2020-2021.

Mines also made our “Best Geochemistry Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Of the 6,744 students enrolled at Mines, 234 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 145 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,456. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Colorado School of Mines Veteran Student Life Report

2

California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California

4 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$67,154 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Geochemistry for a Master’s. California Institute of Technology is a small school located in Pasadena, California that handed out 3 masters’s geochemistry degrees in 2020-2021.

Caltech also took the #2 spot in our “Best Geochemistry Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Caltech supports 2,240 students, and 4 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $67,154. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

[Read full report on veteran student life at California Institute of Technology]](/colleges/california-institute-of-technology/student-life/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

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