2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Other Social Sciences for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
106
Degrees Awarded
$27,649
Avg Salary
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 Other Social Sciences for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Social Sciences is the 182nd most popular major in the country with 2,414 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,015 and had an average of $23,193 in loans still to pay off.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 106 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other social 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 social sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. 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 for Other Social Sciences for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Other Social Sciences for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Social Sciences for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Other Social Sciences Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Social Sciences for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Rose State College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Midwest City, Oklahoma, this medium-sized public school handed out 69 diplomas to qualified associates’s other social sciences students in 2020-2021.
RSC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 6,722 students enrolled at RSC, 540 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 282 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,113. To help with additional expenses, 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 RSC]](/colleges/rose-state-college/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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