2023 Best Human Services Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Human Services for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Human Services is the 74th most popular major in the country with 13,238 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, human services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,839 and had an average of $30,553 in loans still to pay off.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Human Services for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human services 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 human services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly for Human Services for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly for Human Services for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Human Services for a Doctorate”.
Top 2 Best Human Services Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Human Services for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school handed out 19 degrees to qualified doctorate’s human services students in 2020-2021.
Capella University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Human Services Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 2,589 of the 38,930 students enrolled at Capella University were GI Bill® students, of which 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. On top of their other funding sources, 4 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full Capella University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Walden University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Human Services for a Doctorate. Walden University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 60 doctorate’s human services degrees to qualified students.
Walden University also made our “Best Human Services Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 2,721 of the 49,695 students enrolled at Walden University were GI Bill® students, of which 1,568 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,240. In addition to receiving other benefits, 3 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Walden University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
Full Walden University 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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