2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Genetics for a Bachelor’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Genetics for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Genetics is the 206th most popular major in the country with 1,543 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, genetics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,723 and had an average of $22,299 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 195 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,861 and $13,400 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 123 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Genetics for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in genetics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality genetics programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the genetics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Genetics for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Genetics for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 3 Best Genetics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Genetics for a Bachelor’s. Wazzu is a large school located in Pullman, Washington that handed out 20 bachelors’s genetics degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wazzu, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Genetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 83 of the 31,159 students enrolled at Wazzu were GI Bill® students, of which 53 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,702. To help with additional expenses, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Wazzu does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
Full Washington State University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Genetics for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #2 spot on the list. Davis, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s genetics degrees to 93 students in 2020-2021.
UC Davis also took the #1 spot in our “Best Genetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of California - Davis supports 39,074 students, and 31 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 23 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,489. During this same period, 0 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of California - Davis]](/colleges/university-of-california-davis/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Genetics for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Irvine, California, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s genetics degrees in 2020-2021.
UC Irvine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Genetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 8 of the 36,303 students enrolled at University of California - Irvine were GI Bill® students, of which 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,620. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of California - Irvine]](/colleges/university-of-california-irvine/student-life/veterans/)
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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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