2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Biological Oceanography for an Associate
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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 Middle Atlantic Region for Biological Oceanography for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Marine Biology is the 298th most popular major in the country with 1,835 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 169 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent marine biology programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the marine biology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Biological Oceanography for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Biological Oceanography for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Marine Biology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Biological Oceanography for an Associate list. RCSJ is a medium-sized public school situated in Sewell, New Jersey. It awarded 4 associates’s biological oceanography degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at RCSJ, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Marine Biology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, RCSJ supports 6,369 students, and 102 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 57 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,756. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for 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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