2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Applied Psychology for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$32,100
Avg Cost*
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 Southwest Region for Applied Psychology for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Applied Psychology is the 282nd most popular major in the country with 2,058 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 193 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 152 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Applied Psychology for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in applied psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent applied psychology programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 applied psychology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Applied Psychology for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying applied psychology.
Top 2 Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Applied Psychology for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s applied psychology degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Of the 74,795 students enrolled at ASU - Tempe, 7,566 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3,828 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,068. To help with additional expenses, 672 students qualified for 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 86%. 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 ASU - Tempe Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Applied Psychology for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Phoenix - Arizona is a large private for-profit school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 136 bachelors’s applied psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
UOPX - Arizona also made our “Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 135 of the 89,763 students enrolled at UOPX - Arizona were GI Bill® students, of which 157 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,437. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full UOPX - Arizona Veteran Student Life Report
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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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