2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Animal Science for a Doctorate
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Animal Science for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Animal Science is the 92nd most popular major in the country with 8,294 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, animal science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,680 and had an average of $21,798 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 640 animal science graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,242 and $22,807 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Animal Science for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in animal science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent animal science programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the animal science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Animal Science for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree vets studying animal science.
Top 2 Best Animal Science Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Animal Science for a Doctorate. Cornell University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ithaca, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Cornell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Animal Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Of the 23,620 students enrolled at Cornell University, 2 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,780. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, 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%.
Full Cornell Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Animal Science for a Doctorate. University of Delaware is located in Newark, Delaware and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s animal science degrees to qualified students.
UD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Animal Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Of the 23,613 students enrolled at University of Delaware, 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 Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,229. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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 University of Delaware]](/colleges/university-of-delaware/student-life/veterans/)
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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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