2023 Best Research and Development Management Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$22,000
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 the Plains States Region for Research and Development Management for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Research and Development Management is the 802nd most popular major in the country with 238 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 30 research and development management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 research and development management graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality research and development management 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 research and development management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Research and Development Management for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Research and Development Management for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Research and Development Management Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fort Hays State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Research and Development Management for an Associate. FHSU is located in Hays, Kansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 associates’s research and development management degrees to qualified students.
FHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Research and Development Management Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Of the 15,033 students enrolled at Fort Hays State University, 352 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 222 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,389. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at FHSU]](/colleges/fort-hays-state-university/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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