2023 Best Biopsychology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
57
Degrees Awarded
$36,067
Avg Salary
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 the New England Region for Biopsychology for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 183 people earned their degree in biopsychology, making the major the 318th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, biopsychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,067 and had an average of $21,250 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 57 biopsychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,067 and $19,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 57 biopsychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biopsychology programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the biopsychology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Biopsychology for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Biopsychology for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Biopsychology for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Biopsychology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Biopsychology for a Bachelor’s list. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Medford, Massachusetts. It awarded 57 bachelors’s biopsychology degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tufts, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Biopsychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 12,219 students enrolled at Tufts, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
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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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