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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Informatics for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Informatics is the 246th most popular major in the country with 2,726 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Wisconsin, there were 17 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 informatics graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,390 and $27,888 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great informatics programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the informatics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The informatics 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 Wisconsin for Informatics for a Bachelor’s”.
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. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin bachelor’s degree vets studying informatics.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Informatics for a Bachelor’s list. Menomonie, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s informatics degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
UW - Stout also took the #1 spot in our “Best Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking.Among the 7,970 students enrolled at UW - Stout, 305 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 133 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,590. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UW - Stout 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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