You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Other Astronomy & Astrophysics for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Evanston, Illinois, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s other astronomy and astrophysics degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our illinois doctor’s degree vets studying other astronomy & astrophysics list, Northwestern has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Other Astronomy & Astrophysics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.According to our most recent data, Northwestern supports 22,603 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $399. To help with additional expenses, 0 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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
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