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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$18,600
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Computer Science for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Other Computer & Information Sciences is the 262nd most popular major in the country with 1,755 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other computer and information sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $44,020 and had an average of $19,656 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 626 other computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,590 and $5,500 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other computer and information sciences 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 other computer and information sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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 Southeast Region for Other Computer Science for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Computer Science for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Computer Science for a Doctorate”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Computer Science for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Miss is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 doctorate’s other computer science degrees to qualified students.
Southern Miss did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Computer & Information Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 351 of the 14,606 students enrolled at University of Southern Mississippi were GI Bill® students, of which 226 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,605. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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