2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Performance and Sport Psychology

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 for Performance and Sport Psychology” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 72 people earned their degree in performance and sport psychology, making the major the 1037th most popular in the United States.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Performance and Sport Psychology” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in performance and sport psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality performance and sport psychology programs as well as strong veteran support.

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

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Most Veteran Friendly for Performance and Sport Psychology

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Performance and Sport Psychology”.

Top 2 Best Performance and Sport Psychology Colleges for Veterans

1

California Baptist University
Riverside, California

532 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$15,716 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Baptist University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Performance and Sport Psychology. California Baptist University is located in Riverside, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 ’s performance and sport psychology degrees to qualified students.

Cal Baptist also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].According to our most recent data, Cal Baptist supports 11,317 students, and 532 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 390 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,716. During this same period, 162 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Cal Baptist]](/colleges/california-baptist-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

2,589 GI Bill® Students**

$6,867 Average GI Bill® Award

$59,307 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Performance and Sport Psychology that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #2 spot on the list. Capella University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 ’s performance and sport psychology degrees to qualified students.

Capella University also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Of the 38,930 students enrolled at Capella University, 2,589 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,685 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,867. In addition to receiving other benefits, 4 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full Capella University Veteran Student Life Report

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.