You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Optical Enginering for a Doctorate. Orlando, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s optical enginering degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
UCF also took the #1 spot in our “Best Optical Enginering Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 71,881 students enrolled at University of Central Florida, 2,263 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,216 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,995. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students received funds through 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.