2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Behavioral Science for a Master’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 the Plains States Region for Behavioral Science for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Behavioral Science is the 141st most popular major in the country with 4,169 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, behavioral science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,701 and had an average of $35,804 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 279 behavioral science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,953 and $30,045 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Behavioral Science for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in behavioral science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great behavioral science programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the behavioral science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 the Plains States Region for Behavioral Science for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Behavioral Science for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree vets studying behavioral science.

Top 2 Best Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

1

University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

70 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

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 Behavioral Science for a Master’s. University of Kansas is a large public school situated in Lawrence, Kansas. It awarded 15 masters’s behavioral science degrees in 2020-2021.

KU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Among the 26,744 students enrolled at KU, 70 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 40 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,917. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at KU]](/colleges/university-of-kansas/student-life/veterans/)

2

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri

7 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Behavioral Science for a Master’s list. WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 67 masters’s behavioral science degrees to qualified students.

WUSTL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Behavioral Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 7 of the 15,449 students enrolled at Washington University in St Louis were GI Bill® students, of which 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,972. To help with additional expenses, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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• Best Behavioral Science Master’s Degree 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.

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