2023 Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Illinois for Applied Psychology for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Applied Psychology is the 282nd most popular major in the country with 2,058 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Illinois, there were 48 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 37 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Applied Psychology for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in applied psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent applied psychology 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 applied psychology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Applied Psychology for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Applied Psychology for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois

1

Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

261 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Applied Psychology for a Bachelor’s list. Loyola University Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Loyola Chicago, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.Of the 16,893 students enrolled at Loyola Chicago, 261 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 165 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,263. To help with additional expenses, 78 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Loyola University Chicago]](/colleges/loyola-university-chicago/student-life/veterans/)

2

Judson University
Elgin, Illinois

15 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$7,100 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Applied Psychology for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Judson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Elgin, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s applied psychology degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.

Judson also took the #2 spot in our “Best Applied Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.Among the 1,173 students enrolled at Judson University, 15 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 8 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,100. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Judson University offers 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Judson University Veteran Student Life Report

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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.