You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Chemical & Physical Oceanography for a Doctorate list. University of California - San Diego is a large public school situated in La Jolla, California. It awarded 18 doctorate’s chemical and physical oceanography degrees in 2020-2021.
UCSD also made our “Best Chemical & Physical Oceanography Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, UCSD supports 39,576 students, and 112 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 54 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,596. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
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