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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Geophysics

1 Ranked Colleges
24 Degrees Awarded
$39,700 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Geophysics

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 in the Great Lakes Region for Geophysics” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Geophysics & Seismology is the 757th most popular major in the country with 243 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 24 geophysics and seismology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geophysics and seismology programs as well as strong veteran support.

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

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The geophysics 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 the Great Lakes Region for Geophysics”.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Geophysics

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region vets studying geophysics.

Top 1 Best Geophysics & Seismology Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

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University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Geophysics. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s geophysics degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.

UChicago 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 17,834 students enrolled at University of Chicago, 241 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 113 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,948. On top of their other funding sources, 58 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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