2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Performance and Sport Psychology for a Master’s

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 for Performance and Sport Psychology for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 72 people earned their degree in performance and sport psychology, making the major the 1037th most popular in the United States.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Performance and Sport Psychology for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in performance and sport psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great performance and sport psychology programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the performance and sport 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 for Performance and Sport Psychology for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Performance and Sport Psychology for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Performance and Sport Psychology for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Performance and Sport Psychology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

1

California Baptist University
Riverside, California

532 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Performance and Sport Psychology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, California Baptist University landed the #1 spot on the list. California Baptist University is a fairly large school located in Riverside, California that handed out 20 masters’s performance and sport psychology degrees in 2020-2021.

Cal Baptist did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Performance and Sport Psychology Master’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 11,317 students enrolled at California Baptist University, 532 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 390 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,716. To help with additional expenses, 162 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full California Baptist University Veteran Student Life Report

2

Capella University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

2,589 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$6,867 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Performance and Sport Psychology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school awarded 44 diplomas to qualified masters’s performance and sport psychology students in 2020-2021.

Capella University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Performance and Sport Psychology Master’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, Capella University supports 38,930 students, and 2,589 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,685 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,867. On top of their other funding sources, 4 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full Capella University Veteran Student Life Report

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

Footnotes

• *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.