2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Human Biology

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 the Great Lakes Region for Human Biology” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 1,939 people earned their degree in human biology, making the major the 191st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, human biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,081 and had an average of $17,912 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 157 human biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,514 and $20,454 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Human Biology” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in human biology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human biology 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 human biology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Human Biology

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Human Biology”.

Top 2 Best Human Biology Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

1

University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
Green Bay, Wisconsin

362 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$6,302 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Human Biology list. Green Bay, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s human biology degrees to 103 students in 2020-2021.

UW - Green Bay also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 8,954 students enrolled at UW - Green Bay, 362 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 200 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,302. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Wisconsin - Green Bay]](/colleges/university-of-wisconsin-green-bay/student-life/veterans/)

2

Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana

1 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$5,439 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Human Biology. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, this large public school handed out 25 diplomas to qualified ’s human biology students in 2020-2021.

IUPUI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Of the 29,390 students enrolled at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,439. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through 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 IUPUI Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Human Biology 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.