2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Optics/Optical Sciences for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Optics/Optical Sciences for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Optics/Optical Sciences is the 816th most popular major in the country with 196 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 13 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent optics/optical sciences 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 optics/optical sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 Southeast Region for Optics/Optical Sciences for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Optics/Optical Sciences for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Optics/Optical Sciences for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Optics/Optical Sciences Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Optics/Optical Sciences for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 4 masters’s optics/optical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
UNC Charlotte not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,476 of the 30,146 students enrolled at University of North Carolina at Charlotte were GI Bill® students, of which 642 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,691. To help with additional expenses, 13 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of North Carolina at Charlotte does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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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