2023 Best Ecology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
59
Degrees Awarded
$31,400
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Ecology for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,060 people earned their degree in ecology, making the major the 416th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 126 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 59 ecology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality ecology programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the ecology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Ecology for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Ecology for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Ecology for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Ecology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Ecology for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #1 spot on the list. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ecology degrees to 52 students in 2020-2021.
UGA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Ecology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Georgia supports 39,147 students, and 9 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 3 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,402. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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