2023 Best Other Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Tennessee

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 in Tennessee for Other Biological & Biomedical Sciences for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 4,420 people earned their degree in other biological and biomedical sciences, making the major the 184th most popular in the United States.

Across Tennessee, there were 164 other biological and biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Other Biological & Biomedical Sciences for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other biological and biomedical sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other biological and biomedical sciences programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the other biological and biomedical sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Other Biological & Biomedical Sciences for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Other Biological & Biomedical Sciences for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Best Other Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Tennessee

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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee

1,122 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Other Biological & Biomedical Sciences for a Doctorate. UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 doctorate’s other biological and biomedical sciences degrees to qualified students.

UT Knoxville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,122 of the 30,559 students enrolled at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville were GI Bill® students, of which 739 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,650. During this same period, 8 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville does offer credit for military training for eligible 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%. 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 UT Knoxville Veteran Student Life Report

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

13 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$17,769 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Tennessee for Other Biological & Biomedical Sciences for a Doctorate. Vanderbilt University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Vanderbilt also made our “Best Other Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Vanderbilt supports 13,537 students, and 13 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 3 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,769. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 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 96%. 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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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.