2023 Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

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Stanford University
Stanford, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stanford University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Science, Tech & Society for a Bachelor’s. Stanford is a private not-for-profit institution located in Stanford, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 63 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Stanford also made our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 15,953 students enrolled at Stanford University, 188 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 118 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,909. During this same period, 61 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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University of California - Davis
Davis, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Science, Tech & Society for a Bachelor’s. Davis, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s science, tech and society degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.

UC Davis also made our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 31 of the 39,074 students enrolled at University of California - Davis were GI Bill® students, of which 23 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,489. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, 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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University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Puget Sound. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Science, Tech & Society for a Bachelor’s list. Puget Sound is a small school located in Tacoma, Washington that handed out 6 bachelors’s science, tech and society degrees in 2020-2021.

Puget Sound also took the #3 spot in our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Among the 2,130 students enrolled at Puget Sound, 66 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 35 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $21,142. On top of their other funding sources, 28 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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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University of Washington - Bothell Campus
Bothell, Washington

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Science, Tech & Society for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Bothell Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Washington - Bothell Campus is a medium-sized school located in Bothell, Washington that handed out 10 bachelors’s science, tech and society degrees in 2020-2021.

UW Bothell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Among the 6,304 students enrolled at University of Washington - Bothell Campus, 269 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 175 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,965. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Washington - Bothell Campus 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 89%. 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%.

Full UW Bothell Veteran Student Life Report