2023 Best Medicine Colleges for Veterans in Nevada
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Ranked Colleges
114
Degrees Awarded
$31,100
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Nevada for Medicine” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Medicine is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 20,665 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Nevada, there were 114 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for Medicine” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in medicine. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent medicine programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the medicine program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for Medicine
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for Medicine”.
Top 2 Best Medicine Colleges for Veterans in Nevada
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for Medicine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #1 spot on the list. UNLV is a large public school situated in Las Vegas, Nevada. It awarded 50 ’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
UNLV also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Our most recent data shows that 1,594 of the 31,142 students enrolled at University of Nevada - Las Vegas were GI Bill® students, of which 929 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,370. 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.
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 UNLV]](/colleges/university-of-nevada-las-vegas/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Reno. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for Medicine. UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 64 ’s medicine degrees to qualified students.
UNR also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 20,722 students enrolled at UNR, 669 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 351 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,493. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
Full UNR Veteran Student Life Report
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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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