2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for IT for a Master’s

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for IT for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 31,531 people earned their degree in information technology, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States.

Across Ohio, there were 519 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for IT for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information technology programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the information technology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Ohio for IT for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for IT for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for IT for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Ohio

1

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Cincinnati, Ohio

909 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for IT for a Master’s list. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s IT degrees to 182 students in 2020-2021.

UC also made our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus supports 40,826 students, and 909 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 498 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,806. In addition to receiving other benefits, 15 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UC]](/colleges/university-of-cincinnati-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)

2

Kent State University at Kent
Kent, Ohio

778 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$7,199 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for IT for a Master’s list. Located in Kent, Ohio, this large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified masters’s IT students in 2020-2021.

Kent State also made our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list, coming in at #2.Among the 26,822 students enrolled at Kent State University at Kent, 778 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 374 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,199. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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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.