2023 Best Other Research & Experimental Psychology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Research & Experimental Psychology for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Other Research & Experimental Psychology is the 80th most popular major in the country with 10,153 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,135 other research and experimental psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Research & Experimental Psychology for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other research and experimental psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other research and experimental psychology programs as well as strong veteran support.

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

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Research & Experimental Psychology for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Research & Experimental Psychology for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Other Research & Experimental Psychology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

1

University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana

11 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Research & Experimental Psychology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Notre Dame landed the #1 spot on the list. Notre Dame, Indiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s research and experimental psychology degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree vets studying research & experimental psychology list, Notre Dame has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Other Research & Experimental Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 12,809 students enrolled at Notre Dame, 11 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 20 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,670. To help with additional expenses, 7 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Notre Dame]](/colleges/university-of-notre-dame/student-life/veterans/)

2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois

10 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Research & Experimental Psychology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #2 spot on the list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s research and experimental psychology degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.

UIUC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Research & Experimental Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 10 of the 52,679 students enrolled at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign were GI Bill® students, of which 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. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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

Footnotes

• *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.