2023 Best Computer Programming Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Programming for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Computer Programming is the 108th most popular major in the country with 11,939 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, computer programming graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,629 and had an average of $27,450 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 1,347 computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,014 and $25,350 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 456 computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Programming for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in computer programming. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent computer programming programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the computer programming program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Programming for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree vets studying programming.
Top 14 Best Computer Programming Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Programming for an Associate list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school handed out 36 degrees to qualified associates’s programming students in 2020-2021.
Minneapolis Community and Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 127 of the 6,429 students enrolled at Minneapolis Community and Technical College were GI Bill® students, of which 96 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,795. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Minneapolis Community and Technical College]](/colleges/minneapolis-community-and-technical-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Programming for an Associate list. Johnson County Community College is a public institution located in Overland Park, Kansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 18 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
JCCC also made our “Best Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4.Of the 13,891 students enrolled at Johnson County Community College, 389 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 221 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,331. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hennepin Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Programming for an Associate list. Hennepin Technical College is a public institution located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Hennepin Technical College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Of the 4,094 students enrolled at Hennepin Technical College, 66 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 45 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,023. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Programming for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Indian Hills Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. IHCC is a small public school situated in Ottumwa, Iowa. It awarded 25 associates’s programming degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at IHCC, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Of the 3,279 students enrolled at IHCC, 106 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 45 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,629. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full Indian Hills Community College Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Des Moines Area Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Programming for an Associate. DMACC is a large school located in Ankeny, Iowa that handed out 30 associates’s programming degrees in 2020-2021.
DMACC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 500 of the 23,051 students enrolled at Des Moines Area Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 221 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,709. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Des Moines Area Community College]](/colleges/des-moines-area-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
Southeast Technical College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Programming for an Associate list. Southeast Technical College is a small public school situated in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It awarded 20 associates’s programming degrees in 2020-2021.
Southeast Tech also took the #6 spot in our “Best Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Among the 2,330 students enrolled at Southeast Tech, 193 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 86 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,618. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
Full Southeast Technical College Veteran Student Life Report
Dakota County Technical College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Programming for an Associate ranking. Dakota County Technical College is located in Rosemount, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 associates’s programming degrees to qualified students.
DCTC also took the #7 spot in our “Best Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Among the 2,319 students enrolled at Dakota County Technical College, 95 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 63 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,429. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Kirkwood Community College did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Programming for an Associate ranking, coming in at #8. Kirkwood Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It awarded 22 associates’s programming degrees in 2020-2021.
Kirkwood Community College also made our “Best Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #8.Of the 12,277 students enrolled at Kirkwood Community College, 264 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 108 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,554. 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.
Full Kirkwood Community College Veteran Student Life Report
St Charles Community College did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Programming for an Associate ranking, coming in at #9. SCC is a public institution located in Cottleville, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 43 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
SCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Among the 6,014 students enrolled at St Charles Community College, 158 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 72 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,794. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. St Charles Community College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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Ozarks Technical Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Programming for an Associate ranking. Ozarks Technical Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 35 associates’s programming degrees in 2020-2021.
OTC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #12 on our “Best Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, OTC supports 11,237 students, and 564 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 219 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,819. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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With a ranking of #11, St Cloud Technical and Community College did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Programming for an Associate list. Located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified associates’s programming students in 2020-2021.
St Cloud Technical and Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Of the 3,931 students enrolled at St Cloud Technical and Community College, 126 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 71 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,012. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. St Cloud Technical and Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at St Cloud Technical and Community College]](/colleges/st-cloud-technical-and-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
Missouri Southern State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Programming for an Associate ranking, coming in at #12. Joplin, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s programming degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.
Missouri Southern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #14 on our “Best Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 210 of the 5,045 students enrolled at Missouri Southern were GI Bill® students, of which 98 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,255. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full Missouri Southern State University Veteran Student Life Report
State Technical College of Missouri landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Programming for an Associate ranking. STC is located in Linn, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 associates’s programming degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at STC, the school also landed the #13 spot in our “Best Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 83 of the 1,756 students enrolled at State Technical College of Missouri were GI Bill® students, of which 44 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,461. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. State Technical College of Missouri 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at STC]](/colleges/linn-state-technical-college/student-life/veterans/)
With a ranking of #14, Ranken Technical College did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Programming for an Associate list. Ranken Technical College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Ranken Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Computer Programming Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Of the 1,823 students enrolled at Ranken Technical College, 212 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 186 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,346. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
Full Ranken Technical College Veteran Student Life Report
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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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