Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Zoology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - Davis is a large school located in Davis, California that handed out 14 masters’s zoology degrees in 2020-2021.
UC Davis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Zoology/Animal Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Among the 39,074 students enrolled at UC Davis, 31 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 23 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,489. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. 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 UC Davis]](/colleges/university-of-california-davis/student-life/veterans/)