2023 Best Forest Sciences & Biology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
47
Degrees Awarded
$22,900
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Southwest Region for Forest Sciences and Biology for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Forest Sciences & Biology is the 635th most popular major in the country with 406 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 57 forest sciences and biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 47 forest sciences and biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality forest sciences and biology 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 forest sciences and biology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forest Sciences and Biology for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forest Sciences and Biology for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying forest sciences and biology.
Top 1 Best Forest Sciences & Biology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Forest Sciences and Biology for a Bachelor’s list. Northern Arizona University is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
NAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Forest Sciences & Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,055 of the 29,566 students enrolled at Northern Arizona University were GI Bill® students, of which 622 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,378. To help with additional expenses, 56 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Northern Arizona University offers credit for military training for eligible 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%.
Full Northern Arizona University Veteran Student Life Report
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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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