2023 Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Washington
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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 in Washington for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 7,609 people earned their degree in mental health counseling/counselor, making the major the 118th most popular in the United States.
Across Washington, there were 148 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mental health counseling/counselor programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mental health counseling/counselor program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Washington
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Antioch University - Seattle landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2020-2021.
Antioch University - Seattle not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list.Among the 735 students enrolled at Antioch University - Seattle, 21 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 12 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,597. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Antioch University - Seattle]](/colleges/antioch-university-seattle/student-life/veterans/)
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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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