2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Psychology for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
307
Degrees Awarded
$33,700
Avg Cost*
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 in the New England Region for Psychology for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 141,695 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, general psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,326 and had an average of $26,018 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 9,899 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,289 and $26,830 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 307 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Psychology for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general 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 general psychology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Psychology for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Psychology for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best General Psychology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Vermont University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Psychology for an Associate list. Northern Vermont University is a small public school situated in Johnson, Vermont. It awarded 4 associates’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
Northern Vermont University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 45 of the 1,999 students enrolled at Northern Vermont University were GI Bill® students, of which 27 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,691. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Psychology for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Dean College landed the #2 spot on the list. Franklin, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s psychology degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Dean College also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Psychology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Of the 1,180 students enrolled at Dean College, 24 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $21,733. In addition to receiving other benefits, 6 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Dean College 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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