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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 Southeast Region for Community Psychology for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 624 people earned their degree in community psychology, making the major the 529th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 214 community psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 138 community psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Community Psychology for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in community psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality community psychology programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the community psychology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Community Psychology for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Community Psychology for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gardner - Webb University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Community Psychology for a Bachelor’s. Gardner - Webb is located in Boiling Springs, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s community psychology degrees to qualified students.
Gardner - Webb not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Community Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Among the 3,536 students enrolled at Gardner - Webb University, 138 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 54 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,551. On top of their other funding sources, 21 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clayton State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Community Psychology for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Morrow, Georgia, this medium-sized public school awarded 104 degrees to qualified bachelors’s community psychology students in 2020-2021.
Clayton State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Community Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, Clayton State University supports 7,052 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 3 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,532. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Clayton State University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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