You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Irvine. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Evolutionary Biology for a Doctorate. Located in Irvine, California, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s evolutionary biology students in 2020-2021.
UC Irvine also took the #1 spot in our “Best Evolutionary Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Among the 36,303 students enrolled at University of California - Irvine, 8 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,620. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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