2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Genetics
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Ranked Colleges
65
Degrees Awarded
$32,700
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Genetics” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,543 people earned their degree in genetics, making the major the 206th most popular in the United States. 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 Georgia, there were 65 genetics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Genetics” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in genetics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent genetics 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 genetics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Genetics
The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia vets studying genetics.
Top 2 Best Genetics Colleges for Veterans in Georgia
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Genetics list. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 55 ’s genetics degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 39,147 students enrolled at University of Georgia, 9 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 $7,402. On top of their other funding sources, 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 UGA]](/colleges/university-of-georgia/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Genetics list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified ’s genetics students in 2020-2021.
Emory also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].According to our most recent data, Emory University supports 13,997 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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 freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Emory Veteran Student Life Report
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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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