2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Biological Science for a Doctorate

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Biological Science for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Biological & Physical Science is the 38th most popular major in the country with 30,075 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Southeast region, there were 2,262 biological and physical science graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,993 and $14,103 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Biological Science for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the biological and physical science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Biological Science for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Biological Science for a Doctorate”.

Top 3 Best Biological & Physical Science Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

1

George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

2,334 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$10,710 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Biological Science for a Doctorate list. GMU is a public institution located in Fairfax, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

GMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biological & Physical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Among the 38,541 students enrolled at GMU, 2,334 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,583 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,710. On top of their other funding sources, 42 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 excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Full George Mason University Veteran Student Life Report

2

University of South Alabama
Mobile, Alabama

868 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Alabama. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Biological Science for a Doctorate list. University of South Alabama is a fairly large school located in Mobile, Alabama that handed out 3 doctorate’s biological science degrees in 2020-2021.

USA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Biological & Physical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 14,224 students enrolled at University of South Alabama, 868 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 411 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,549. To help with additional expenses, 11 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of South Alabama offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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3

Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, Louisiana

29 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$2,493 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Biological Science for a Doctorate. Louisiana Tech is located in Ruston, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s biological science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree vets studying biological science list, Louisiana Tech has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Biological & Physical Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 29 of the 11,126 students enrolled at Louisiana Tech were GI Bill® students, of which 26 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,493. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Louisiana Tech does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Louisiana Tech University]](/colleges/louisiana-tech-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Biological & Physical Science Doctor’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.