You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Astronomical Sciences for a Master’s. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public institution located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Astronomy Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list.Our most recent data shows that 477 of the 31,642 students enrolled at UMass Amherst were GI Bill® students, of which 252 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,295. On top of their other funding sources, 21 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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