2023 Best Accounting and Business/Management Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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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 Accounting and Business/Management for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,637 people earned their degree in accounting and business/management, making the major the 374th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 337 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 40 accounting and business/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent accounting and business/management programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the accounting and business/management 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 Southwest Region for Accounting and Business/Management for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree vets studying accounting and business/management.
Top 1 Best Accounting and Business/Management Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwest University at El Paso. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Accounting and Business/Management for an Associate. Southwest University at El Paso is a private for-profit institution located in El Paso, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 27 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Southwest University at El Paso not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Accounting and Business/Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 223 of the 1,558 students enrolled at Southwest University at El Paso were GI Bill® students, of which 240 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,581. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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