2023 Best General Materials Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
1
Ranked Colleges
20
Degrees Awarded
$37,500
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Materials Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 600 people earned their degree in general materials science, making the major the 538th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 54 general materials science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 general materials science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general materials science programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general materials science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
More Ways to Rank General Materials Science Schools
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Materials Science for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Materials Science for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Materials Science for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best General Materials Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Materials Science for a Bachelor’s. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general materials science degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Materials Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 2,131 of the 45,601 students enrolled at University of Arizona were GI Bill® students, of which 1,478 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,880. To help with additional expenses, 31 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read More…
Focus on a Specific Degree Level
Switch to a More General Major
Switch to a Different Ranking Method
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.
Credits
college factual