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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Computer & Information Sciences for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
Other Computer & Information Sciences is the 320th most popular major in the country with 1,887 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 182 other computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 134 other computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Computer & Information Sciences for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in other computer and information sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other computer and information sciences 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 other computer and information sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Computer & Information Sciences for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Computer & Information Sciences for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Computer & Information Sciences for a Bachelor’s list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other computer and information sciences degrees to 70 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Of the 52,679 students enrolled at UIUC, 10 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UIUC]](/colleges/university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Computer & Information Sciences for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stout landed the #2 spot on the list. UW - Stout is a medium-sized public school situated in Menomonie, Wisconsin. It awarded 46 bachelors’s other computer and information sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
UW - Stout also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” 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 received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
Full University of Wisconsin - Stout Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Illinois University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Computer & Information Sciences for a Bachelor’s list. Eastern Illinois University is a medium-sized school located in Charleston, Illinois that handed out 11 bachelors’s other computer and information sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at EIU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, EIU supports 8,626 students, and 184 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 46 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,730. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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