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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Colorado for Computer and Information Sciences for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Computer & Information Sciences is the 15th most popular major in the country with 51,681 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Colorado, there were 927 general computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 149 general computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,095 and $24,621 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Computer and Information Sciences for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general computer and information sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general computer and information sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general computer and information sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The computer and information sciences 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 Colorado for Computer and Information Sciences for an Associate”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Computer and Information Sciences for an Associate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Front Range Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Computer and Information Sciences for an Associate list. Westminster, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s computer and information sciences degrees to 68 students in 2020-2021.
FRCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Computer & Information Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Colorado” list.According to our most recent data, Front Range Community College supports 18,703 students, and 64 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 62 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,170. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Front Range Community College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Computer and Information Sciences for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Pikes Peak Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Colorado Springs, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s computer and information sciences degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at PPCC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Computer & Information Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking.Among the 12,506 students enrolled at PPCC, 2,372 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 9 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,023. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. PPCC does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Pikes Peak Community College]](/colleges/pikes-peak-community-college/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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