2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Other Physical Science for a Doctorate

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Physical Science for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Physical Science is the 562nd most popular major in the country with 538 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Physical Science for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physical sciences (other). This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical sciences (other) programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the physical sciences (other) program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Other Physical Science for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Physical Science for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Best Other Physical Science Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

1

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

1,102 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Other Physical Science for a Doctorate list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s physical sciences (other) degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Physical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,102 of the 36,042 students enrolled at North Carolina State University were GI Bill® students, of which 493 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,886. During this same period, 27 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at North Carolina State University]](/colleges/north-carolina-state-university-at-raleigh/student-life/veterans/)

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina

1,476 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Physical Science for a Doctorate. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s physical sciences (other) degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.

UNC Charlotte not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Physical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, University of North Carolina at Charlotte supports 30,146 students, and 1,476 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 642 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,691. On top of their other funding sources, 13 students received scholarships 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UNC Charlotte]](/colleges/university-of-north-carolina-at-charlotte/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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.