2023 Best Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies is the 353rd most popular major in the country with 2,010 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 62 pre-medicine/pre-medical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 pre-medicine/pre-medical studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in pre-medicine/pre-medical studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great pre-medicine/pre-medical studies programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the pre-medicine/pre-medical studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

1

Grand View University
Des Moines, Iowa

86 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$8,256 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand View University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies for a Bachelor’s list. Grand View University is a small school located in Des Moines, Iowa that handed out 8 bachelors’s pre-medicine/pre-medical studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Grand View University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Of the 1,874 students enrolled at Grand View University, 86 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 38 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,256. On top of their other funding sources, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full Grand View University Veteran Student Life Report

2

Mercy College of Health Sciences
Des Moines, Iowa

46 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$12,698 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mercy College of Health Sciences. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies for a Bachelor’s. Des Moines, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s pre-medicine/pre-medical studies degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

Mercy College of Health Sciences did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, Mercy College of Health Sciences supports 869 students, and 46 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 23 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,698. To help with additional expenses, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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 Mercy College of Health Sciences]](/colleges/mercy-college-of-health-sciences/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies 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.