Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Human/Medical Genetics for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Stanford, California, and it awarded 14 doctorate’s human/medical genetics degrees in 2020-2021.
Stanford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Human/Medical Genetics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.According to our most recent data, Stanford University supports 15,953 students, and 188 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 118 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,909. During this same period, 61 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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