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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Illinois for Community Psychology for a Doctorate” 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 Illinois, there were 43 community psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great community psychology programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the community psychology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The community psychology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Community Psychology for a Doctorate”.
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. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Community Psychology for a Doctorate”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Community Psychology for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, National Louis University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s community psychology students in 2020-2021.
NLU also made our “Best Community Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1.Among the 7,402 students enrolled at NLU, 15 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,078. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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