You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Botany for a Doctorate. UMass Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 2 doctorate’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Amherst, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 477 of the 31,642 students enrolled at UMass Amherst were GI Bill® students, of which 252 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,295. To help with additional expenses, 21 students received scholarships 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.