2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for CompSci for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for CompSci for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Computer Science is the 12th most popular major in the country with 59,565 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, computer science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $67,538 and had an average of $23,620 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 7,044 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,824 and $25,910 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 77 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for CompSci for an Associate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent computer science 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 computer science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for CompSci for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for CompSci for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree vets studying compsci.
Top 3 Best Computer Science Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Davenport University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for CompSci for an Associate list. Located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 14 degrees to qualified associates’s compsci students in 2020-2021.
Davenport University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Davenport University supports 6,127 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. 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.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Davenport University]](/colleges/davenport-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Franklin University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for CompSci for an Associate. This medium-sized school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 2 associates’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.
Franklin University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.According to our most recent data, Franklin University supports 5,926 students, and 472 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 287 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,926. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Franklin University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
Full Franklin University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ivy Tech Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for CompSci for an Associate. Ivy Tech Community College is a large school located in Indianapolis, Indiana that handed out 44 associates’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.
Ivy Tech Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 63,809 students enrolled at Ivy Tech Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,500. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Ivy Tech Community College]](/colleges/ivy-tech-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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