2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Biotech for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
14
Degrees Awarded
$38,300
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Hawaii for Biotech for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Biotechnology is the 174th most popular major in the country with 3,911 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, biotechnology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $52,907 and had an average of $20,555 in loans still to pay off.
Across Hawaii, there were 14 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,385 and $28,544 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biotechnology 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 biotechnology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Biotech for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Biotech for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Hawaii
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Biotech for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this fairly large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biotech students in 2020-2021.
UH Manoa also made our “Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 3 of the 18,025 students enrolled at University of Hawaii at Manoa were GI Bill® students, of which 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $22,153. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UH Manoa]](/colleges/university-of-hawaii-at-manoa/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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