2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Psychology for a Master’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Psychology for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 141,695 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, general psychology is the 4th most popular major in the United States. 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 Indiana, there were 1,890 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,587 and $26,809 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Psychology for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general psychology programs as well as strong veteran support.

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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The 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 Indiana for Psychology for a Master’s”.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Psychology for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for indiana master’s degree vets studying psychology.

Top 2 Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Indiana

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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Psychology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #1 spot on the list. Indianapolis, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.

IUPUI also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 29,390 students enrolled at IUPUI were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,439. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. IUPUI does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Veteran Student Life Report

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University of Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana

1 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$47,629 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Indiana for Psychology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Indianapolis landed the #2 spot on the list. Indianapolis, Indiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

UIndy not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 5,638 students enrolled at UIndy were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UIndy 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

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.

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