2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Biological Science for a Bachelor’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Biological Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 30,075 people earned their degree in biological and physical science, making the major the 38th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, biological and physical science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,402 and had an average of $15,005 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 177 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,628 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 35 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Biological Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in biological and physical science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biological and physical science programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the biological and physical science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Biological Science for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying biological science.

Top 2 Best Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

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University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts

477 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Biological Science for a Bachelor’s list. UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s biological science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Amherst, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 31,642 students enrolled at UMass Amherst, 477 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 252 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,295. On top of their other funding sources, 21 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 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Saint Anselm College
Manchester, New Hampshire

33 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$5,913 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Anselm College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Biological Science for a Bachelor’s list. St. Anselm College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Manchester, New Hampshire. It awarded 17 bachelors’s biological science degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Anselm College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, St. Anselm College supports 2,019 students, and 33 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 12 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,913. During this same period, 11 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Saint Anselm College]](/colleges/saint-anselm-college/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Biological & Physical Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for 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.