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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Informatics for an Associate” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 2,726 people earned their degree in informatics, making the major the 246th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 83 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality informatics programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the informatics program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Informatics for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree vets studying informatics.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Informatics for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this fairly large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s informatics students in 2020-2021.
MCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Informatics Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Among the 13,244 students enrolled at MCC, 653 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 283 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $835. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 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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