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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for MIS for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Management Information Systems is the 72nd most popular major in the country with 11,791 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 1,190 general management information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 35 general management information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general management information systems programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general management information systems program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The mis school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for MIS for an Associate”.
In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for MIS for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for MIS for an Associate”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Weber State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Rocky Mountains Region for MIS for an Associate. WSU is a large public school situated in Ogden, Utah. It awarded 6 associates’s MIS degrees in 2020-2021.
WSU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Management Information Systems Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 747 of the 29,596 students enrolled at WSU were GI Bill® students, of which 472 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,815. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. WSU offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at WSU]](/colleges/weber-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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