2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Physics for a Doctorate
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Ranked Colleges
19
Degrees Awarded
$36,100
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Physics for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Physics is the 68th most popular major in the country with 13,674 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, physics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $42,960 and had an average of $22,756 in loans still to pay off.
Across Tennessee, there were 156 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,486 and $26,770 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great physics programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the physics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Physics for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Physics for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best Physics Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Tennessee
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Physics for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 13 doctorate’s physics degrees in 2020-2021.
UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list.Among the 30,559 students enrolled at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville, 1,122 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 739 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,650. During this same period, 8 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 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%.
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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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