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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. 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 Ohio for IS for an Associate” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 18,325 people earned their degree in information science, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $59,394 and had an average of $28,852 in loans still to pay off.
Across Ohio, there were 295 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,780 and $21,666 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 148 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,544 and $21,357 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent information science programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the information science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 IS for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for IS for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for IS for an Associate”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Ohio for IS for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Cuyahoga Community College District landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Cleveland, Ohio, and it awarded 31 associates’s IS degrees in 2020-2021.
Cuyahoga Community College District also took the #1 spot in our “Best Information Science Associate Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking.Of the 18,754 students enrolled at Cuyahoga Community College District, 101 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 53 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,499. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Cuyahoga Community College District]](/colleges/cuyahoga-community-college-district/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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