2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Natural Sciences for a Doctorate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Natural Sciences for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Natural Sciences is the 345th most popular major in the country with 2,214 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Natural Sciences for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in natural sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the natural sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly for Natural Sciences for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Natural Sciences for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Natural Sciences for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Best Natural Sciences Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

1

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Natural Sciences for a Doctorate list. Virginia Commonwealth University is a public institution located in Richmond, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

VCU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 29,070 students enrolled at Virginia Commonwealth University, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,085. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, Colorado

11 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Natural Sciences for a Doctorate list. UCCS is a fairly large public school situated in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It awarded 2 doctorate’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree vets studying natural sciences list, UCCS has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Natural Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 12,380 students enrolled at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 11 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 8 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,808. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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

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.

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