2023 Best Anatomy Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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Ranked Colleges
515
Degrees Awarded
$33,600
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 for Anatomy for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 836 people earned their degree in anatomy, making the major the 463rd most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 515 anatomy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Anatomy for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in anatomy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent anatomy programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the anatomy program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The anatomy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly for Anatomy for a Bachelor’s”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
Most Veteran Friendly for Anatomy for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Anatomy for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Anatomy Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Anatomy for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. University of California - San Diego is a public institution located in La Jolla, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 462 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UCSD also took the #2 spot in our “Best Anatomy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 39,576 students enrolled at UCSD, 112 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 54 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,596. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Anatomy for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #2 spot on the list. Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s anatomy degrees to qualified students.
Duke did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Anatomy Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, Duke supports 16,172 students, and 36 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 9 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,387. During this same period, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. 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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Duke University]](/colleges/duke-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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