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2023 Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

1 Ranked Colleges
11 Degrees Awarded
$19,900 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Health Science for a Doctorate

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 Health Science for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Health Sciences & Services is the 34th most popular major in the country with 35,945 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,887 and had an average of $24,736 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 2,948 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,532 and $27,623 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health sciences and services 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 health sciences and services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Great Lakes Region for Health Science for a Doctorate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Health Science for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree vets studying health science.

Top 1 Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

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Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Health Science for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. WMU is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 8 doctorate’s health science degrees in 2020-2021.

WMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 19,887 students enrolled at WMU, 584 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 327 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,981. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

[Read full report on veteran student life at WMU]](/colleges/western-michigan-university/student-life/veterans/)

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