2023 Best Special Education Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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Ranked Colleges
1,258
Degrees Awarded
$15,697
Avg Student Debt
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Special Ed for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 36,792 people earned their degree in special education, making the major the 29th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, special education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,679 and had an average of $24,977 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 4,026 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,132 and $20,541 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,258 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality special education programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the special education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Special Ed for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree vets studying special ed.
Top 1 Best Special Education Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Special Ed for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Southern Nevada landed the #1 spot on the list. College of Southern Nevada is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 associates’s special ed degrees to qualified students.
CSN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.According to our most recent data, CSN supports 29,965 students, and 1,398 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 798 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,559. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. CSN offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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