Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Applied Physics for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. UCSD is a large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 9 masters’s applied physics degrees in 2020-2021.
UCSD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Of the 39,576 students enrolled at University of California - San Diego, 112 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 54 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,596. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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