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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Mental Health Services for a Master’s

2 Ranked Colleges
24 Degrees Awarded
$66,674 Avg Salary
Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Mental Health Services for a Master's

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Mental Health Services for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Mental & Social Health Services is the 46th most popular major in the country with 29,053 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, mental and social health services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $39,158 and had an average of $24,907 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 24 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,674 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Mental Health Services for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mental and social health services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mental and social health services programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the mental and social health services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The mental health services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Mental Health Services for a Master’s”.

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Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Mental Health Services for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Mental Health Services for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Mental Health Services for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. George Washington University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 18 masters’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.

GWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list.Of the 27,017 students enrolled at George Washington University, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,185. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at George Washington University]](/colleges/george-washington-university/student-life/veterans/)

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Trinity Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Mental Health Services for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s mental health services degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our district of columbia master’s degree vets studying mental health services list, Trinity College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 27 of the 1,846 students enrolled at Trinity Washington University were GI Bill® students, of which 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,987. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Full Trinity College Veteran Student Life Report

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