2023 Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia

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Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Medicine for a Doctorate. Georgetown is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 181 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.

Georgetown also took the #1 spot in our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking.According to our most recent data, Georgetown supports 19,371 students, and 10 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $30,300. During this same period, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.

Full Georgetown University Veteran Student Life Report

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Medicine for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 164 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s medicine students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our district of columbia doctor’s degree vets studying medicine list, GWU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking.Of the 27,017 students enrolled at GWU, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,185. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Medicine for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #3 spot on the list. Howard University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 126 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.

Howard also took the #3 spot in our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 342 of the 10,859 students enrolled at Howard University were GI Bill® students, of which 136 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,339. During this same period, 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 90%.

Full Howard University Veteran Student Life Report