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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Geography and Environmental Studies for a Bachelor’s. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this fairly large public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s geography and environmental studies students in 2020-2021.
UMBC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geography and Environmental Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 53 of the 13,497 students enrolled at UMBC were GI Bill® students, of which 30 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,027. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Maryland - Baltimore County]](/colleges/university-of-maryland-baltimore-county/student-life/veterans/)