2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for General Social Sciences for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$22,900
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 Great Lakes Region for General Social Sciences for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Social Sciences is the 44th most popular major in the country with 18,762 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 555 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 16 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general social sciences programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general social sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for General Social Sciences for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for General Social Sciences for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Indiana. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for General Social Sciences for an Associate. University of Southern Indiana is a medium-sized public school situated in Evansville, Indiana. It awarded 3 associates’s general social sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
USI also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 162 of the 10,203 students enrolled at USI were GI Bill® students, of which 87 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,638. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Southern Indiana Veteran Student Life Report
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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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