Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Planetary Astronomy and Science for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, California Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Pasadena, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s planetary astronomy and science degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Caltech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Planetary Astronomy & Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list.Of the 2,240 students enrolled at Caltech, 4 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $67,154. During this same period, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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