2023 Best Medicine Colleges for Veterans in Wisconsin
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Ranked Colleges
419
Degrees Awarded
$39,600
Avg Cost*
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 Wisconsin for Medicine” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Medicine is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 20,665 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Wisconsin, there were 419 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Medicine” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in medicine. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality medicine programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the medicine program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Medicine” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Medicine
The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin vets studying medicine.
Top 2 Best Medicine Colleges for Veterans in Wisconsin
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Medicine list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 167 ’s medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
UW - Madison also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 44,640 students enrolled at UW - Madison, 4 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UW - Madison offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 UW - Madison]](/colleges/university-of-wisconsin-madison/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Medical College of Wisconsin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Medicine list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 252 degrees to qualified ’s medicine students in 2020-2021.
Medical College of Wisconsin also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].According to our most recent data, Medical College of Wisconsin supports 1,506 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Medical College of Wisconsin]](/colleges/medical-college-of-wisconsin/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.