2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Counseling Psychology for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
58
Degrees Awarded
$18,000
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Counseling Psychology for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 9,463 people earned their degree in counseling psychology, making the major the 90th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 670 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 58 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality counseling psychology programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the counseling psychology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Counseling Psychology for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Counseling Psychology for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Counseling Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Counseling Psychology for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Wayne, Nebraska, this small public school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s counseling psychology students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree vets studying counseling psychology list, WSC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Counseling Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, WSC supports 4,202 students, and 65 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 27 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,083. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
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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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