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2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Physics and Astronomy for a Master’s

1 Ranked Colleges
9 Degrees Awarded
$36,000 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly for Physics and Astronomy for a Master's

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Physics and Astronomy for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Physics and Astronomy is the 1150th most popular major in the country with 38 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

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

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the physics and astronomy program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Physics and Astronomy for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Physics and Astronomy for a Master’s”.

Top 1 Best Physics and Astronomy Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Physics and Astronomy for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #1 spot on the list. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s physics and astronomy degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying physics and astronomy list, UK has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Physics and Astronomy Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, UK supports 29,986 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UK does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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 UK]](/colleges/university-of-kentucky/student-life/veterans/)

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