2023 Best Natural Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
145
Degrees Awarded
$22,898
Avg Salary
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 the Plains States Region for Natural Sciences for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,214 people earned their degree in natural sciences, making the major the 208th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, natural sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,745 and had an average of $18,648 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 163 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,898 and $14,331 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 145 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Natural Sciences for a Bachelor’s” 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.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the natural sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Natural Sciences for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Natural Sciences for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Natural Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Natural Sciences for a Bachelor’s. K -State is a public institution located in Manhattan, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 84 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
K -State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Among the 20,854 students enrolled at Kansas State University, 1,099 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 647 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,562. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Kansas State University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, 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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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Natural Sciences for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Saint Benedict landed the #2 spot on the list. College of Saint Benedict is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Joseph, Minnesota. It awarded 14 bachelors’s natural sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
CSB also made our “Best Natural Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 15 of the 1,668 students enrolled at CSB were GI Bill® students, of which 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,588. In addition to receiving other benefits, 5 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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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