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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Geophysics for a Bachelor’s

1 Ranked Colleges
6 Degrees Awarded
$39,700 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Geophysics for a Bachelor's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Illinois for Geophysics for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 243 people earned their degree in geophysics and seismology, making the major the 757th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 17 geophysics and seismology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 geophysics and seismology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent geophysics and seismology programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 geophysics and seismology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Geophysics for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree vets studying geophysics.

Top 1 Best Geophysics & Seismology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois

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University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Geophysics for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s geophysics students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UChicago, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Geophysics & Seismology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.Among the 17,834 students enrolled at UChicago, 241 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 113 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,948. On top of their other funding sources, 58 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UChicago]](/colleges/university-of-chicago/student-life/veterans/)

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