2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Cell Biology and Anatomy for a Master’s

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Cell Biology and Anatomy for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 131 people earned their degree in cell biology and anatomy, making the major the 997th most popular in the United States.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Cell Biology and Anatomy for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in cell biology and anatomy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent cell biology and anatomy 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 cell biology and anatomy program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Cell Biology and Anatomy for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree vets studying cell biology and anatomy.

Top 2 Best Cell Biology & Anatomy Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

1

University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Cell Biology and Anatomy for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Iowa City, Iowa, and it awarded 5 masters’s cell biology and anatomy degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Cell Biology & Anatomy Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Iowa supports 30,318 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Iowa]](/colleges/university-of-iowa/student-life/veterans/)

2

Wright State University - Main Campus
Dayton, Ohio

731 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wright State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Cell Biology and Anatomy for a Master’s. Wright State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Dayton, Ohio that handed out 13 masters’s cell biology and anatomy degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wright State University - Main Campus, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Cell Biology & Anatomy Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 10,936 students enrolled at Wright State University - Main Campus, 731 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 419 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,623. In addition to receiving other benefits, 4 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Wright State University - Main Campus does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

Full Wright State University - Main Campus Veteran Student Life Report

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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Kelvin Song.