2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Health/Medical Psychology for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$33,800
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Far Western US Region for Health/Medical Psychology for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Health/Medical Psychology is the 792nd most popular major in the country with 270 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 80 health/medical psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 55 health/medical psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Health/Medical Psychology for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in health/medical psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health/medical psychology programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the health/medical psychology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Health/Medical Psychology for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Health/Medical Psychology for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Health/Medical Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Health/Medical Psychology for a Bachelor’s list. UCSD is a large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 39 bachelors’s health/medical psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
UCSD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Health/Medical Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 112 of the 39,576 students enrolled at UCSD were GI Bill® students, of which 54 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,596. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Health/Medical Psychology for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Eastern Washington University is a fairly large school located in Cheney, Washington that handed out 16 bachelors’s health/medical psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
EWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Health/Medical Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 647 of the 12,349 students enrolled at Eastern Washington University were GI Bill® students, of which 296 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,760. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eastern Washington 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%.
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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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