You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Biostatistics for a Doctorate. UAB is a large school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 3 doctorate’s biostatistics degrees in 2020-2021.
UAB also made our “Best Biostatistics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #1.Of the 22,563 students enrolled at University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1,194 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 508 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,983. In addition to receiving other benefits, 15 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, 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%.
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