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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Computer & Information Sciences for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,887 people earned their degree in other computer and information sciences, making the major the 320th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 355 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 239 other computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Computer & Information Sciences for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in other computer and information sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other computer and information sciences programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
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.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Computer & Information Sciences for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Computer & Information Sciences for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Computer & Information Sciences for a Bachelor’s. Carnegie Mellon University is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s other computer and information sciences degrees to qualified students.
Carnegie Mellon not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, Carnegie Mellon supports 13,519 students, and 117 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 72 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,422. In addition to receiving other benefits, 36 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Carnegie Mellon Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Computer & Information Sciences for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other computer and information sciences students in 2020-2021.
NYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Of the 52,775 students enrolled at New York University, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,388. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at New York University]](/colleges/new-york-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Other Computer & Information Sciences for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #3 spot on the list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other computer and information sciences degrees to 122 students in 2020-2021.
Temple not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Other Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 37,236 students enrolled at Temple University, 830 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 510 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,479. In addition to receiving other benefits, 9 students received funds through 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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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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