2023 Best Accounting Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Louisiana

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 in Louisiana for Accounting for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Accounting is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 99,265 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,712 and had an average of $26,539 in loans still to pay off.

Across Louisiana, there were 1,135 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,697 and $27,304 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 91 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,648 and $22,451 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Accounting for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in accounting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality accounting programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the accounting program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Accounting for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Accounting for an Associate”.

Top 2 Best Accounting Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Louisiana

1

Delgado Community College
New Orleans, Louisiana

23 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$1,986 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Delgado Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Accounting for an Associate. Delgado Community College is a fairly large public school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 59 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.

Delgado Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking.Among the 13,251 students enrolled at Delgado Community College, 23 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 27 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,986. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Delgado Community College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

Full Delgado Community College Veteran Student Life Report

2

SOWELA Technical Community College
Lake Charles, Louisiana

6 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$1,488 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SOWELA Technical Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Accounting for an Associate list. SOWELA is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 associates’s accounting degrees to qualified students.

SOWELA also made our “Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, SOWELA Technical Community College supports 2,914 students, and 6 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,488. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. SOWELA Technical Community College 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

Footnotes

• *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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