2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling for a Doctorate
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Plains States Region for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 5,433 people earned their degree in substance abuse/addiction counseling, making the major the 254th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 504 substance abuse/addiction counseling graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent substance abuse/addiction counseling programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the substance abuse/addiction counseling 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 Plains States Region for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #1 spot on the list. Capella University is a large private for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 9 doctorate’s substance abuse/addiction counseling degrees in 2020-2021.
Capella University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Of the 38,930 students enrolled at Capella University, 2,589 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Capella University]](/colleges/capella-university/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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