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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 Far Western US Region for Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences, Other for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 602 people earned their degree in agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences, other, making the major the 548th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 21 agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences, other graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences, other graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences, other 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 agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences, other program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences, Other for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences, Other for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences, Other for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #1 spot on the list. UC Davis is a large public school situated in Davis, California. It awarded 2 bachelors’s agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences, other degrees in 2020-2021.
UC Davis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields Other Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.According to our most recent data, UC Davis supports 39,074 students, and 31 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 23 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,489. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 University of California - Davis 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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