Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Earth Systems Science that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school awarded 25 degrees to qualified ’s earth systems science students in 2020-2021.
Georgia Tech also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Of the 39,771 students enrolled at Georgia Tech, 430 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 240 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,376. During this same period, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, 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%.
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