2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Marine Science for a Doctorate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$30,500
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Marine Science for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Marine Science is the 295th most popular major in the country with 334 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, marine science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,266 and had an average of $22,416 in loans still to pay off.
Across New York, there were 27 marine science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent marine 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 marine science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Marine Science for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for new york doctor’s degree vets studying marine science.
Top 1 Best Marine Science Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New York
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stony Brook University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Marine Science for a Doctorate. Located in Stony Brook, New York, this large public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified doctorate’s marine science students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY Stony Brook, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Marine Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking.According to our most recent data, SUNY Stony Brook supports 26,782 students, and 208 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 127 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,244. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. SUNY Stony Brook offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. 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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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
- *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.
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