2023 Best Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 4,069 people earned their degree in other mental and social health services and allied professions, making the major the 232nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 381 other mental and social health services and allied professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other mental and social health services and allied professions. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other mental and social health services and allied professions programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other mental and social health services and allied professions 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 Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Best Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

4 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions for a Doctorate. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s other mental and social health services and allied professions students in 2020-2021.

Johns Hopkins also made our “Best Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 28,890 students enrolled at Johns Hopkins University, 4 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,793. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Widener University
Chester, Pennsylvania

111 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$14,151 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Widener University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions for a Doctorate list. Widener University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chester, Pennsylvania. It awarded 9 doctorate’s other mental and social health services and allied professions degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Widener, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Widener supports 6,150 students, and 111 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 51 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,151. On top of their other funding sources, 9 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Widener offers 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%.

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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

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.