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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Massachusetts for Community Psychology for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Community Psychology is the 529th most popular major in the country with 624 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Massachusetts, there were 12 community psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 community psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,029 and $25,475 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent community 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 community psychology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 Massachusetts for Community Psychology for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Community Psychology for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lesley University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Community Psychology for a Bachelor’s. Lesley is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Lesley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Community Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list.Among the 4,200 students enrolled at Lesley University, 55 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 28 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,419. In addition to receiving other benefits, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Lesley University]](/colleges/lesley-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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