2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Applied Psychology

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Applied Psychology” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 2,058 people earned their degree in applied psychology, making the major the 282nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 135 applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Applied Psychology” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the applied psychology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Applied Psychology

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Applied Psychology”.

Top 2 Best Applied Psychology Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

1

Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

2,589 GI Bill® Students**

$6,867 Average GI Bill® Award

$59,307 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Applied Psychology. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out ’s applied psychology degrees to 63 students in 2020-2021.

Capella University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” 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 qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full Capella University Veteran Student Life Report

2

Cornell College
Mount Vernon, Iowa

10 GI Bill® Students**

$3,961 Average GI Bill® Award

$49,543 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Applied Psychology list. Cornell College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Mount Vernon, Iowa. It awarded 8 ’s applied psychology degrees in 2020-2021.

Cornell College also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].According to our most recent data, Cornell College supports 1,002 students, and 10 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 3 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,961. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Cornell College does offer 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Cornell College]](/colleges/cornell-college/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Applied Psychology Colleges for Veterans

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.