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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Biomathematics for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 2,957 people earned their degree in biomathematics and bioinformatics, making the major the 170th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, biomathematics and bioinformatics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $70,004 and had an average of $18,475 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 190 biomathematics and bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 41 biomathematics and bioinformatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Biomathematics for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in biomathematics and bioinformatics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biomathematics and bioinformatics programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the biomathematics and bioinformatics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Biomathematics for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree vets studying biomathematics.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Biomathematics for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s biomathematics students in 2020-2021.
WUSTL also made our “Best Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Washington University in St Louis supports 15,449 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 14 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,972. To help with additional expenses, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
[Read full report on veteran student life at WUSTL]](/colleges/washington-university-in-st-louis/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Biomathematics for a Bachelor’s. Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s biomathematics degrees to qualified students.
Iowa State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 814 of the 31,822 students enrolled at Iowa State were GI Bill® students, of which 388 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,933. To help with additional expenses, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Iowa State University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Biomathematics for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #3 spot on the list. Saint Louis University is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 3 bachelors’s biomathematics degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree vets studying biomathematics list, SLU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 5 of the 12,229 students enrolled at Saint Louis University were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $25,162. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Full SLU Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Biomathematics for a Bachelor’s list. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biomathematics degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
UNOMAHA also took the #4 spot in our “Best Biomathematics & Bioinformatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Nebraska at Omaha supports 15,892 students, and 928 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 488 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,364. During this same period, 75 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
Full University of Nebraska at Omaha Veteran Student Life Report
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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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