2023 Best Counseling Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
26
Degrees Awarded
$24,400
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Counseling Psychology for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Counseling Psychology is the 90th most popular major in the country with 9,463 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,049 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 counseling psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality counseling psychology programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the counseling psychology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 the Southwest Region for Counseling Psychology for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Counseling Psychology for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Counseling Psychology for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Counseling Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Counseling Psychology for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma Baptist University landed the #1 spot on the list. OBU is a small school located in Shawnee, Oklahoma that handed out 15 bachelors’s counseling psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying counseling psychology list, OBU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Counseling Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Oklahoma Baptist University supports 1,763 students, and 80 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 33 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,051. During this same period, 18 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Oklahoma Baptist University 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 Oklahoma Baptist University]](/colleges/oklahoma-baptist-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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