2023 Best Animal Sciences, General Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Animal Science for a Master’s list. Cornell is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ithaca, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Cornell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Animal Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 23,620 students enrolled at Cornell, 2 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,780. On top of their other funding sources, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.

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University of Maryland - College Park
College Park, Maryland

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Animal Science for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #2 spot on the list. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 2 masters’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

UMCP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Animal Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Maryland - College Park supports 40,709 students, and 16 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 13 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,716. To help with additional expenses, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Maryland - College Park offers credit for military training for eligible students.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

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University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Animal Science for a Master’s. UD is a large public school situated in Newark, Delaware. It awarded 2 masters’s animal science degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UD, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Animal Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Of the 23,613 students enrolled at UD, 364 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 188 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,229. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. 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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