2023 Best Plant Pathology/Phytopathology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 for Plant Pathology/Phytopathology for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 175 people earned their degree in plant pathology/phytopathology, making the major the 836th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 plant pathology/phytopathology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Plant Pathology/Phytopathology for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in plant pathology/phytopathology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent plant pathology/phytopathology programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the plant pathology/phytopathology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Plant Pathology/Phytopathology for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Plant Pathology/Phytopathology for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Plant Pathology/Phytopathology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

4 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Plant Pathology/Phytopathology for a Bachelor’s. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 8 bachelors’s plant pathology/phytopathology degrees in 2020-2021.

UW - Madison also made our “Best Plant Pathology/Phytopathology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, UW - Madison supports 44,640 students, and 4 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Veteran Student Life Report

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, New Mexico

620 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Plant Pathology/Phytopathology for a Bachelor’s list. NMSU Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying plant pathology/phytopathology list, NMSU Main Campus has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Plant Pathology/Phytopathology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 14,227 students enrolled at NMSU Main Campus, 620 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 285 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,880. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

[Read full report on veteran student life at NMSU Main Campus]](/colleges/new-mexico-state-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)

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.