You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Agricultural Animal Breeding for a Doctorate. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 2 doctorate’s agricultural animal breeding degrees in 2020-2021.
Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural Animal Breeding Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Among the 31,822 students enrolled at Iowa State, 814 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 388 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,933. During this same period, 9 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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