You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Turf and Turfgrass Management for an Associate. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 4 associates’s turf and turfgrass management degrees in 2020-2021.
UMass Amherst also made our “Best Turf & Turfgrass Management Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 31,642 students enrolled at UMass Amherst, 477 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 252 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,295. In addition to receiving other benefits, 21 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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