2023 Best Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Colleges for Veterans in Rhode Island
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Ranked Colleges
36
Degrees Awarded
$37,000
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Rhode Island for Natural Resource Economics” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 118 people earned their degree in environmental/natural resource economics, making the major the 1013th most popular in the United States.
Across Rhode Island, there were 36 environmental/natural resource economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental/natural resource economics programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the environmental/natural resource economics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. 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 Rhode Island for Natural Resource Economics” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Natural Resource Economics
The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island vets studying natural resource economics.
Top 1 Best Environmental/Natural Resource Economics Colleges for Veterans in Rhode Island
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Natural Resource Economics that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #1 spot on the list. URI is a fairly large school located in Kingston, Rhode Island that handed out 36 ’s natural resource economics degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at URI, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 381 of the 17,649 students enrolled at URI were GI Bill® students, of which 187 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,022. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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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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