2023 Best Insurance Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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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 Southwest Region for Insurance for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,809 people earned their degree in insurance, making the major the 325th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 118 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent insurance programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the insurance program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 in the Southwest Region for Insurance for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Insurance for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Insurance for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Insurance Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Insurance for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Rio Salado College landed the #1 spot on the list. Rio Salado College is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Rio Salado College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Insurance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 335 of the 17,362 students enrolled at Rio Salado College were GI Bill® students, of which 206 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $630. During this same period, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Rio Salado College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Rio Salado College 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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