2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medical Illustration for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$21,400
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medical Illustration for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,089 people earned their degree in medical illustration and informatics, making the major the 193rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, medical illustration and informatics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $70,135 and had an average of $32,175 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 361 medical illustration and informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,925 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 medical illustration and informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medical Illustration for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in medical illustration and informatics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great medical illustration and informatics programs and a strong support system for 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 medical illustration and informatics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medical Illustration for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medical Illustration for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medical Illustration for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s medical illustration degrees in 2020-2021.
WMU also made our “Best Medical Illustration & Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 584 of the 19,887 students enrolled at Western Michigan University were GI Bill® students, of which 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. 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.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medical Illustration for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Indiana landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Southern Indiana is a public institution located in Evansville, Indiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
USI also took the #2 spot in our “Best Medical Illustration & Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 10,203 students enrolled at University of Southern Indiana, 162 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 87 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,638. 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 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 University of Southern Indiana]](/colleges/university-of-southern-indiana/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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