You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rochester. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Optics/Optical Sciences for a Doctorate list. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s optics/optical sciences students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our new york doctor’s degree vets studying optics/optical sciences list, University of Rochester has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking.Of the 11,741 students enrolled at University of Rochester, 7 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,872. During this same period, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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