2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Astronomical Sciences for a Doctorate
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Astronomical Sciences for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Astronomy is the 479th most popular major in the country with 765 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 67 astronomy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great astronomy programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the astronomy program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Astronomical Sciences for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree vets studying astronomical sciences.
Top 1 Best Astronomy Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Astronomical Sciences for a Doctorate. Charlottesville, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s astronomical sciences degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
University of Virginia also made our “Best Astronomy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 25,628 students enrolled at University of Virginia, 3 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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.