Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Plant Pathology/Phytopathology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ithaca, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s plant pathology/phytopathology degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Cornell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Plant Pathology/Phytopathology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Of the 23,620 students enrolled at Cornell, 2 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,780. During this same period, 2 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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