2023 Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Botany for a Master’s. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 4 masters’s botany degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree vets studying botany list, UMN Twin Cities has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities supports 52,017 students, and 752 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 436 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,020. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Veteran Student Life Report

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Botany for a Master’s. North Dakota State University is a public institution located in Fargo, North Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

North Dakota State University also made our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 4 of the 12,846 students enrolled at North Dakota State University - Main Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. North Dakota State University - Main Campus offers credit for military training for eligible 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%.

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Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Botany for a Master’s list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s botany students in 2020-2021.

Iowa State also made our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3.Of the 31,822 students enrolled at Iowa State, 814 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 388 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,933. On top of their other funding sources, 9 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Botany for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s botany degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree vets studying botany list, K -State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Botany/Plant Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,099 of the 20,854 students enrolled at K -State were GI Bill® students, of which 647 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,562. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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%.

Full K -State Veteran Student Life Report