2023 Best Psychology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Utah
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$51,720
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Utah for Psychology for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
With 195,678 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, psychology is the 8th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,611 and had an average of $25,989 in loans still to pay off.
Across Utah, there were 1,974 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,026 and $21,649 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Psychology for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent psychology programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the psychology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Psychology for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Psychology for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Psychology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Utah
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Psychology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Utah is a large school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 67 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
U of U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” list.Of the 33,081 students enrolled at University of Utah, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Psychology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Utah State University is a large public school situated in Logan, Utah. It awarded 61 masters’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at USU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” ranking.Among the 27,691 students enrolled at Utah State University, 3 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $285. During this same period, 0 students received funds through 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%.
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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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