2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Human Biology

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Human Biology” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Human Biology is the 191st most popular major in the country with 1,939 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Plains States region, there were 115 human biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,117 and $25,700 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Human Biology” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in human biology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality human biology programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the human biology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Human Biology

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region vets studying human biology.

Top 2 Best Human Biology Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

1

University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

70 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$10,917 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Human Biology. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s human biology degrees to 73 students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our plains states region vets studying human biology list, KU has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, KU supports 26,744 students, and 70 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 40 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,917. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. KU does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full KU Veteran Student Life Report

2

Hamline University
Saint Paul, Minnesota

98 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$13,455 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hamline University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Human Biology list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 20 degrees to qualified ’s human biology students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hamline, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 98 of the 3,113 students enrolled at Hamline were GI Bill® students, of which 63 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,455. To help with additional expenses, 17 students received scholarships through 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 Hamline]](/colleges/hamline-university/student-life/veterans/)

• 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.