You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brandeis University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Political Science & Government for a Doctorate list. Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s other political science and government students in 2020-2021.
Brandeis also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Political Science & Government Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Brandeis supports 5,440 students, and 41 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 22 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,483. On top of their other funding sources, 15 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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