2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Pharmaceutics and Drug Design for a Doctorate
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Plains States Region for Pharmaceutics and Drug Design for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 503 people earned their degree in pharmaceutics and drug design, making the major the 580th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 102 pharmaceutics and drug design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Pharmaceutics and Drug Design for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in pharmaceutics and drug design. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pharmaceutics and drug design programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the pharmaceutics and drug design program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Pharmaceutics and Drug Design for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Pharmaceutics and Drug Design for a Doctorate”.
Top 3 Best Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Pharmaceutics and Drug Design for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s pharmaceutics and drug design degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Iowa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of 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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Iowa]](/colleges/university-of-iowa/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Pharmaceutics and Drug Design for a Doctorate. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s pharmaceutics and drug design students in 2020-2021.
KU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Among the 26,744 students enrolled at KU, 70 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 40 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,917. During this same period, 0 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 86%, 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 University of Kansas Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Pharmaceutics and Drug Design for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 4 doctorate’s pharmaceutics and drug design degrees in 2020-2021.
UMN Twin Cities not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Of the 52,017 students enrolled at UMN Twin Cities, 752 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 436 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,020. During this same period, 0 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 93%, 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%.
Full UMN Twin Cities 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
- *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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