2023 Best Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 161 people earned their degree in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, making the major the 862nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 60 medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry 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 medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan

570 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry for a Master’s list. U-M is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

U-M not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 47,907 students enrolled at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, 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 Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $27,058. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, Ohio

2 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry for a Master’s list. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.

Ohio State also made our “Best Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 2 of the 61,369 students enrolled at Ohio State were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Ohio State offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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

Full Ohio State Veteran Student Life Report

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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.

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