2023 Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Dentistry for a Doctorate
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Ranked Colleges
72
Degrees Awarded
$27,600
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Dentistry for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 6,770 people earned their degree in dentistry, making the major the 119th most popular in the United States.
Across District of Columbia, there were 72 dentistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dentistry programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the dentistry program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Dentistry for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia doctor’s degree vets studying dentistry.
Top 1 Best Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Dentistry for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #1 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s dentistry degrees to 72 students in 2020-2021.
Howard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Dentistry Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list.Of the 10,859 students enrolled at Howard, 342 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Howard]](/colleges/howard-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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