2023 Best Nanotechnology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Nanotech for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Nanotechnology is the 965th most popular major in the country with 114 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Nanotech for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in nanotechnology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nanotechnology programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the nanotechnology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly for Nanotech for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Nanotech for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Nanotech for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Nanotechnology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

7,566 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Nanotech for a Master’s. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nanotech degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Nanotechnology Master’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 74,795 students enrolled at Arizona State University - Tempe, 7,566 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3,828 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,068. In addition to receiving other benefits, 672 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, South Dakota

146 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Nanotech for a Master’s list. SD Mines is located in Rapid City, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s nanotech degrees to qualified students.

SD Mines also made our “Best Nanotechnology Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology supports 2,475 students, and 146 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 54 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,477. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology]](/colleges/south-dakota-school-of-mines-and-technology/student-life/veterans/)

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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

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