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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Information Technology Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 4,009 people earned their degree in information technology management, making the major the 180th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 215 information technology management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 information technology management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Information Technology Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in information technology management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great information technology management programs and a strong support system for 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 technology management program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Information Technology Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree vets studying information technology management.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Information Technology Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Fort Wayne landed the #1 spot on the list. Fort Wayne, Indiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s information technology management degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
PFW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Information Technology Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.According to our most recent data, PFW supports 8,093 students, and 201 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 106 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,045. To help with additional expenses, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full Purdue University Fort Wayne Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Information Technology Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Illinois University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Charleston, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s information technology management students in 2020-2021.
EIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Information Technology Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 8,626 students enrolled at EIU, 184 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 46 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,730. During this same period, 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 EIU]](/colleges/eastern-illinois-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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