2023 Best Human Biology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Human Biology for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 1,939 people earned their degree in human biology, making the major the 191st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, human biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,081 and had an average of $17,912 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 753 human biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,433 and $11,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 753 human biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Human Biology for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human biology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human biology programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the human biology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Human Biology for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree vets studying human biology.

Top 2 Best Human Biology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

4 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Human Biology for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s human biology degrees in 2020-2021.

Johns Hopkins not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Human Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, Johns Hopkins supports 28,890 students, and 4 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 2 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,793. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Johns Hopkins University Veteran Student Life Report

2

Hunter College
New York, New York

152 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$5,442 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hunter College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Human Biology for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 485 bachelors’s human biology degrees in 2020-2021.

Hunter also took the #2 spot in our “Best Human Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Hunter College supports 24,052 students, and 152 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 97 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,442. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Hunter College offers credit for military training for eligible 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%.

Full Hunter Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Human Biology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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.