2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for a Master’s
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Oregon for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor is the 118th most popular major in the country with 7,609 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Oregon, there were 92 mental health counseling/counselor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in mental health counseling/counselor. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mental health counseling/counselor programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mental health counseling/counselor program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon master’s degree vets studying mental health counseling/counselor.
Top 3 Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Oregon
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Oregon University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for a Master’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Ashland, Oregon, and it awarded 18 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2020-2021.
Southern Oregon University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list.According to our most recent data, Southern Oregon University supports 5,140 students, and 250 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 116 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,435. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Full Southern Oregon University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis & Clark College landed the #2 spot on the list. Lewis and Clark College is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 51 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees to qualified students.
Lewis and Clark College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list.Among the 3,157 students enrolled at Lewis and Clark College, 42 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 29 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,774. During this same period, 18 students received scholarships 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Lewis and Clark College]](/colleges/lewis-and-clark-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend National University of Natural Medicine. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for a Master’s. NUNM is a private not-for-profit institution located in Portland, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NUNM, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking.Among the 485 students enrolled at NUNM, 15 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,311. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 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 National University of Natural Medicine]](/colleges/national-college-of-natural-medicine/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.