2023 Best Biostatistics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Biostatistics for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Biostatistics is the 382nd most popular major in the country with 1,275 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 334 biostatistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 biostatistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biostatistics programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the biostatistics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Biostatistics for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Biostatistics for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Biostatistics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Scranton. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Biostatistics for a Bachelor’s list. University of Scranton is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It awarded 6 bachelors’s biostatistics degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Scranton also took the #1 spot in our “Best Biostatistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Scranton supports 4,957 students, and 116 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 85 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,790. On top of their other funding sources, 15 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Scranton]](/colleges/university-of-scranton/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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