The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree vets studying general genetics.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for General Genetics for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rochester landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 2 masters’s general genetics degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Rochester did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Of the 11,741 students enrolled at University of Rochester, 7 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,872. To help with additional expenses, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for General Genetics for a Master’s. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 5 masters’s general genetics degrees in 2020-2021.
Columbia also made our “Best General Genetics Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 30,135 students enrolled at Columbia University in the City of New York, 739 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 467 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $22,069. During this same period, 328 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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