You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Nuclear Physics for a Doctorate list. Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s nuclear physics degrees to qualified students.
Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Nuclear Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, Iowa State supports 31,822 students, and 814 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 388 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,933. To help with additional expenses, 9 students received funds 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 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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