2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Botany for a Bachelor’s

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 California for Botany for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 445 people earned their degree in botany, making the major the 612th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 88 botany graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 64 botany graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,566 and $21,995 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Botany for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in botany. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great botany programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the botany program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Botany for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for california bachelor’s degree vets studying botany.

Top 2 Best Botany Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California

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University of California - Davis
Davis, California

31 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Botany 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 school located in Davis, California that handed out 17 bachelors’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.

UC Davis also took the #2 spot in our “Best Botany Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 31 of the 39,074 students enrolled at University of California - Davis were GI Bill® students, of which 23 were 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 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UC Davis Veteran Student Life Report

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Humboldt State University
Arcata, California

177 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$3,772 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Humboldt State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Botany for a Bachelor’s. Humboldt State University is located in Arcata, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s botany degrees to qualified students.

Humboldt State University also made our “Best Botany Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #3.Our most recent data shows that 177 of the 6,612 students enrolled at Humboldt State University were GI Bill® students, of which 68 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,772. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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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

Footnotes

• *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.