2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Psychology for a Master’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Middle Atlantic Region for Other Psychology for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,683 people earned their degree in other psychology, making the major the 253rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 320 other psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Psychology for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other psychology 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 other 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 Middle Atlantic Region for Other Psychology for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Psychology for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Other Psychology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marist College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Psychology for a Master’s. Marist is a private not-for-profit institution located in Poughkeepsie, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 23 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Marist did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, Marist supports 6,600 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Russell Sage College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Psychology for a Master’s list. Russell Sage College is located in Troy, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 115 masters’s other psychology degrees to qualified students.
Russel Sage also made our “Best Other Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 52 of the 2,389 students enrolled at Russell Sage College were GI Bill® students, of which 29 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,733. On top of their other funding sources, 8 students received funds through 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
- *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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