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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$31,800
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Nevada for CIS” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Computer Information Systems is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 88,434 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, computer information systems graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $54,066 and had an average of $26,787 in loans still to pay off.
Across Nevada, there were 155 computer information systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $32,331 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent computer information systems programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the computer information systems program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The cis 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 Nevada for CIS”.
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.
Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for CIS
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for CIS”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for CIS that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #1 spot on the list. UNR is a large public school situated in Reno, Nevada. It awarded 87 ’s CIS degrees in 2020-2021.
UNR also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Of the 20,722 students enrolled at UNR, 669 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 351 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,493. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UNR does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Nevada - Reno]](/colleges/university-of-nevada-reno/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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