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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Information Resources Management for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Information Resources Management is the 395th most popular major in the country with 1,186 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 28 information resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 information resources management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information resources management programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the information resources management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Information Resources Management for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Information Resources Management for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Information Resources Management for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Abilene Christian University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Abilene, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s information resources management students in 2020-2021.
Abilene Christian also made our “Best Information Resources Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 5,291 students enrolled at Abilene Christian University, 269 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 160 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,303. In addition to receiving other benefits, 72 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Abilene Christian University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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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