2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Critical Infrastructure Protection for an Associate
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Critical Infrastructure Protection for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Critical Infrastructure Protection is the 444th most popular major in the country with 978 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 35 critical infrastructure protection graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Critical Infrastructure Protection for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in critical infrastructure protection. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality critical infrastructure protection programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the critical infrastructure protection program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Critical Infrastructure Protection for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree vets studying critical infrastructure protection.
Top 2 Best Critical Infrastructure Protection Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Critical Infrastructure Protection for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Allegheny County landed the #1 spot on the list. Community College of Allegheny County is a fairly large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 4 associates’s critical infrastructure protection degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at CCAC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Critical Infrastructure Protection Associate Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Community College of Allegheny County supports 13,217 students, and 357 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 228 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,255. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Dona Ana. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Critical Infrastructure Protection for an Associate list. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s critical infrastructure protection degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our associate degree vets studying critical infrastructure protection list, NMSU Dona Ana has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Critical Infrastructure Protection Associate Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 7,028 students enrolled at NMSU Dona Ana, 288 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 164 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,016. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. NMSU Dona Ana does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at New Mexico State University - Dona Ana]](/colleges/new-mexico-state-university-dona-ana/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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