You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pacific University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Vision Science/Physiological Optics for a Doctorate list. Located in Forest Grove, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s vision science/physiological optics students in 2020-2021.
Pacific did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed # on our “Best Vision Science/Physiological Optics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.According to our most recent data, Pacific supports 3,808 students, and 155 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 82 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,055. In addition to receiving other benefits, 45 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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 Pacific]](/colleges/pacific-university/student-life/veterans/)