2023 Best Developmental & Child Psychology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Massachusetts for Developmental and Child Psychology for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Developmental & Child Psychology is the 363rd most popular major in the country with 1,419 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Massachusetts, there were 103 developmental and child psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Developmental and Child Psychology for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in developmental and child psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality developmental and child psychology programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the developmental and child psychology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Developmental and Child Psychology for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Developmental and Child Psychology for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Developmental & Child Psychology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts

1

Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

170 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Developmental and Child Psychology for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and it awarded 18 masters’s developmental and child psychology degrees in 2020-2021.

Boston College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Developmental & Child Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking.According to our most recent data, Boston College supports 14,934 students, and 170 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 100 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,142. During this same period, 64 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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 Boston College]](/colleges/boston-college/student-life/veterans/)

2

Bay Path University
Longmeadow, Massachusetts

63 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$9,880 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Developmental and Child Psychology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bay Path University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s developmental and child psychology students in 2020-2021.

Bay Path also took the #2 spot in our “Best Developmental & Child Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 63 of the 3,224 students enrolled at Bay Path University were GI Bill® students, of which 35 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,880. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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

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.