2023 Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Minnesota

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 34 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2020-2021.

UMN Twin Cities not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list.Of the 52,017 students enrolled at UMN Twin Cities, 752 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 436 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,020. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UMN Twin Cities does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, 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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Bethel University Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bethel University Minnesota. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for a Master’s list. Bethel University Minnesota is a small school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 21 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bethel University Minnesota, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking.According to our most recent data, Bethel University Minnesota supports 3,814 students, and 116 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 72 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,703. To help with additional expenses, 18 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Minnesota State University - Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for a Master’s list. Mankato, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees to 31 students in 2020-2021.

Minnesota State Mankato also took the #5 spot in our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking.Among the 14,761 students enrolled at Minnesota State Mankato, 331 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 147 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,814. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Minnesota State Mankato does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Winona State University
Winona, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winona State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for a Master’s list. Winona State is a public institution located in Winona, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Winona State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list.Our most recent data shows that 142 of the 7,106 students enrolled at Winona State were GI Bill® students, of which 69 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,645. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Winona State 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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Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for a Master’s list. Capella University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 440 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Capella University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” 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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,867. On top of their other funding sources, 4 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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Walden University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Walden University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Mental Health Counseling/Counselor for a Master’s ranking. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 422 masters’s mental health counseling/counselor degrees in 2020-2021.

Walden University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list.Of the 49,695 students enrolled at Walden University, 2,721 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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. During this same period, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%.

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