2023 Best General Biology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
233
Degrees Awarded
$36,500
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Biology for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 107,165 general biology students received their degree, making the major the 5th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, general biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,334 and had an average of $23,818 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 5,842 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,495 and $24,448 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 233 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general biology programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general biology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The biology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Biology for an Associate”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Biology for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Biology for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best General Biology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Biology for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire at Manchester landed the #1 spot on the list. Manchester, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s biology degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
UNH Manchester did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Biology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, UNH Manchester supports 717 students, and 72 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 54 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,108. On top of their other funding sources, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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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