2023 Best Aquaculture Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
48
Degrees Awarded
$41,100
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Aquaculture for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
Aquaculture is the 980th most popular major in the country with 148 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 118 aquaculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 aquaculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Aquaculture for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in aquaculture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality aquaculture programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the aquaculture program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Aquaculture for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Aquaculture for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Aquaculture for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Aquaculture Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Aquaculture for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #1 spot on the list. Auburn is a large school located in Auburn, Alabama that handed out 11 bachelors’s aquaculture degrees in 2020-2021.
Auburn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Aquaculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Of the 30,737 students enrolled at Auburn University, 1,499 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 746 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,423. In addition to receiving other benefits, 68 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Auburn University]](/colleges/auburn-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Aquaculture for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Clemson is a public institution located in Clemson, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Clemson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Aquaculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, Clemson supports 26,406 students, and 922 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 429 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,920. To help with additional expenses, 15 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Clemson offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Full Clemson University Veteran Student Life Report
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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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