2023 Best Environmental Biology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Great Lakes Region for Environmental Microbiology for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Environmental Biology is the 599th most popular major in the country with 466 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 95 environmental biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental biology programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental biology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Environmental Microbiology for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Environmental Microbiology for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Environmental Biology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Environmental Microbiology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Governors State University landed the #1 spot on the list. University Park, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s environmental microbiology degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree vets studying environmental microbiology list, GSU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Environmental Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 4,650 students enrolled at GSU, 146 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 80 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,291. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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