2023 Best Accounting Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Rhode Island
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Accounting for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
With 73,172 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, accounting is the 7th most popular major in the United States.
Across Rhode Island, there were 568 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 27 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,152 and $15,702 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent accounting programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the accounting program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Accounting for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Accounting for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Accounting Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Rhode Island
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Rhode Island. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Accounting for an Associate list. Located in Warwick, Rhode Island, this fairly large public school handed out 26 diplomas to qualified associates’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
CCRI also took the #1 spot in our “Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 408 of the 13,684 students enrolled at Community College of Rhode Island were GI Bill® students, of which 199 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,417. During this same period, 0 students received funds 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 CCRI]](/colleges/community-college-of-rhode-island/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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