2023 Best Orthodontics/Orthodontology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Orthodontics/Orthodontology for a Master’s. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s orthodontics/orthodontology students in 2020-2021.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Orthodontics/Orthodontology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 47,907 students enrolled at U-M, 570 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 325 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $27,058. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. U-M does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Marquette University
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marquette University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Orthodontics/Orthodontology for a Master’s. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s orthodontics/orthodontology degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

Marquette also made our “Best Orthodontics/Orthodontology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3.Our most recent data shows that 140 of the 11,550 students enrolled at Marquette were GI Bill® students, of which 93 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,404. To help with additional expenses, 30 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Case Western Reserve University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Orthodontics/Orthodontology for a Master’s list. Case Western is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s orthodontics/orthodontology degrees to qualified students.

Case Western did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Orthodontics/Orthodontology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 109 of the 11,465 students enrolled at Case Western were GI Bill® students, of which 69 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,799. During this same period, 35 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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University of Detroit Mercy
Detroit, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Detroit Mercy. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Orthodontics/Orthodontology for a Master’s. University of Detroit Mercy is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Detroit, Michigan. It awarded 5 masters’s orthodontics/orthodontology degrees in 2020-2021.

Detroit Mercy not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Orthodontics/Orthodontology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.According to our most recent data, Detroit Mercy supports 4,987 students, and 66 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 38 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,617. During this same period, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Detroit Mercy does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

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