2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Programming for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Far Western US Region for Programming for a Master’s” 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 Far Western US region, there were 2,192 computer programming graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,069 and $32,266 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computer programming programs as well as strong veteran support.
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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The programming 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 the Far Western US Region for Programming for a Master’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Programming for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Programming for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Computer Programming Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Programming for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, DigiPen Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. DigiPen Institute of Technology is a private for-profit institution located in Redmond, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 24 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Digipen not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Computer Programming Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Of the 1,120 students enrolled at Digipen, 76 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 63 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,756. In addition to receiving other benefits, 43 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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 Digipen]](/colleges/digipen-institute-of-technology/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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