2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Chemical & Physical Oceanography for a Doctorate
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 the New England Region for Chemical & Physical Oceanography for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Chemical & Physical Oceanography is the 572nd most popular major in the country with 508 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 83 chemical and physical oceanography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Chemical & Physical Oceanography for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in chemical and physical oceanography. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality chemical and physical oceanography programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the chemical and physical oceanography program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Chemical & Physical Oceanography for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree vets studying chemical & physical oceanography.
Top 2 Best Chemical & Physical Oceanography Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Chemical & Physical Oceanography for a Doctorate. UCONN is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 5 doctorate’s chemical and physical oceanography degrees in 2020-2021.
UCONN also made our “Best Chemical & Physical Oceanography Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, University of Connecticut supports 27,215 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are 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 received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UCONN]](/colleges/university-of-connecticut/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Chemical & Physical Oceanography for a Doctorate list. University of Rhode Island is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 doctorate’s chemical and physical oceanography degrees to qualified students.
URI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Chemical & Physical Oceanography Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 381 of the 17,649 students enrolled at University of Rhode Island were GI Bill® students, of which 187 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,022. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Rhode Island does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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.
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