2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for MIS for an Associate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Southwest Region for MIS for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Management Information Systems is the 72nd most popular major in the country with 11,791 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 2,312 general management information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 118 general management information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for MIS for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general management information systems. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general management information systems programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general management information systems program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for MIS for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for MIS for an Associate”.

Top 2 Best General Management Information Systems Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

1

Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, Texas

628 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Del Mar College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for MIS for an Associate list. Del Mar College is a fairly large school located in Corpus Christi, Texas that handed out 34 associates’s MIS degrees in 2020-2021.

DMC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Management Information Systems Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Among the 10,678 students enrolled at Del Mar College, 628 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 339 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,882. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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2

Carl Albert State College
Poteau, Oklahoma

51 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$1,699 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carl Albert State College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for MIS for an Associate list. Carl Albert State College is a small public school situated in Poteau, Oklahoma. It awarded 10 associates’s MIS degrees in 2020-2021.

Carl Albert State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Management Information Systems Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 51 of the 1,922 students enrolled at Carl Albert State College were GI Bill® students, of which 22 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,699. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Carl Albert State College]](/colleges/carl-albert-state-college/student-life/veterans/)

• Best General Management Information Systems Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans

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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