2023 Best Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

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University of California - Irvine
Irvine, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Irvine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for a Bachelor’s list. UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s biochemistry and molecular biology degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Irvine, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, UC Irvine supports 36,303 students, and 8 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,620. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for a Bachelor’s. Oregon State University is a public institution located in Corvallis, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 77 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oregon State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,559 of the 32,312 students enrolled at Oregon State were GI Bill® students, of which 1,000 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,385. To help with additional expenses, 17 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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Linfield University - McMinnville Campus
McMinnville, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Linfield University - McMinnville Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for a Bachelor’s. Linfield is a private not-for-profit institution located in McMinnville, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Linfield not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 50 of the 1,392 students enrolled at Linfield were GI Bill® students, of which 30 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,145. During this same period, 6 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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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Whitman College
Walla Walla, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Whitman College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for a Bachelor’s list. Whitman College is located in Walla Walla, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s biochemistry and molecular biology degrees to qualified students.

Whitman also made our “Best Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #3.Among the 1,360 students enrolled at Whitman, 9 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $28,482. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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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