2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for an Associate
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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 Far Western US Region for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor is the 118th most popular major in the country with 7,609 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 281 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 28 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in mental health counseling/counselor. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mental health counseling/counselor 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 mental health counseling/counselor program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree vets studying mental health counseling/counselor.
Top 2 Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Skagit Valley College landed the #1 spot on the list. Skagit Valley College is a small school located in Mount Vernon, Washington that handed out 19 associates’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2020-2021.
Skagit Valley College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Among the 4,227 students enrolled at Skagit Valley College, 223 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 65 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,353. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Skagit Valley College]](/colleges/skagit-valley-college/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Mt. Hood Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Gresham, Oregon, and it awarded 6 associates’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2020-2021.
MHCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Of the 6,812 students enrolled at MHCC, 245 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 187 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,483. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. MHCC offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at MHCC]](/colleges/mt-hood-community-college/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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