2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Specialized Marketing for an Associate
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Plains States Region for Specialized Marketing for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing is the 138th most popular major in the country with 5,191 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,431 and had an average of $30,391 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 194 specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,237 and $24,758 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 21 specialized sales, merchandising and marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Specialized Marketing for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in specialized sales, merchandising and marketing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent specialized sales, merchandising and marketing programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the specialized sales, merchandising and marketing program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Specialized Marketing for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree vets studying specialized marketing.
Top 4 Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson County Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Specialized Marketing for an Associate list. Overland Park, Kansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s specialized marketing degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
JCCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Of the 13,891 students enrolled at Johnson County Community College, 389 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 221 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,331. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Des Moines Area Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Specialized Marketing for an Associate list. Des Moines Area Community College is located in Ankeny, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 associates’s specialized marketing degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at DMACC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, DMACC supports 23,051 students, and 500 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 221 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,709. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Specialized Marketing for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Kirkwood Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Cedar Rapids, Iowa is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s specialized marketing degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Kirkwood Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Among the 12,277 students enrolled at Kirkwood Community College, 264 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 108 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,554. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Kirkwood Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alexandria Technical & Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Specialized Marketing for an Associate. ATCC is located in Alexandria, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 associates’s specialized marketing degrees to qualified students.
ATCC also made our “Best Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3.Our most recent data shows that 76 of the 2,549 students enrolled at Alexandria Technical & Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 39 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,582. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
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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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