2023 Best Optics/Optical Sciences Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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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 Southeast Region for Optics/Optical Sciences” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 196 people earned their degree in optics/optical sciences, making the major the 816th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 13 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality optics/optical sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the optics/optical sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The optics/optical sciences 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 Southeast Region for Optics/Optical Sciences”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Optics/Optical Sciences
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region vets studying optics/optical sciences.
Top 1 Best Optics/Optical Sciences Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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 #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Optics/Optical Sciences. This large school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 6 ’s optics/optical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
UNC Charlotte 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 30,146 students enrolled at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1,476 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 642 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,691. In addition to receiving other benefits, 13 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of North Carolina at Charlotte offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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%.
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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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