2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Oncology and Cancer Biology for a Master’s
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 the Far Western US Region for Oncology and Cancer Biology for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 150 people earned their degree in oncology and cancer biology, making the major the 874th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 20 oncology and cancer biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great oncology and cancer biology programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the oncology and cancer biology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Oncology and Cancer Biology for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Oncology and Cancer Biology for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Oncology & Cancer Biology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Oncology and Cancer Biology for a Master’s list. Stanford is a fairly large school located in Stanford, California that handed out 2 masters’s oncology and cancer biology degrees in 2020-2021.
Stanford not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Oncology & Cancer Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 188 of the 15,953 students enrolled at Stanford were GI Bill® students, of which 118 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,909. To help with additional expenses, 61 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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