You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Biological Oceanography for a Doctorate list. Northeastern University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 7 doctorate’s biological oceanography degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northeastern, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Marine Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Of the 22,905 students enrolled at Northeastern, 9 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $25,441. On top of their other funding sources, 2 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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