2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Communications Tech for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
26
Degrees Awarded
$20,491
Avg Salary
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Communications Tech for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Communications Technology is the 281st most popular major in the country with 915 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, communications technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $21,549 and had an average of $15,650 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 54 communications technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,491 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 26 communications technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communications technology 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 communications technology 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 Communications Tech for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree vets studying communications tech.
Top 1 Best Communications Technology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ozarks Technical Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Communications Tech for an Associate list. Ozarks Technical Community College is a public institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 26 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
OTC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communications Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 564 of the 11,237 students enrolled at Ozarks Technical Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 219 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,819. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full Ozarks Technical Community 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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