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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Conservation Biology for a Master’s

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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Conservation Biology for a Master's

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Conservation Biology for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 309 people earned their degree in conservation biology, making the major the 694th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 49 conservation biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Conservation Biology for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in conservation biology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality conservation biology programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the conservation biology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Conservation Biology for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree vets studying conservation biology.

Top 2 Best Conservation Biology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

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University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Conservation Biology for a Master’s. UCONN is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 4 masters’s conservation biology degrees in 2020-2021.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Conservation Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 27,215 students enrolled at University of Connecticut, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Conservation Biology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Medford, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 19 degrees to qualified masters’s conservation biology students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tufts, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Conservation Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Tufts University supports 12,219 students, and 1 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. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Tufts University]](/colleges/tufts-university/student-life/veterans/)

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