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Ranked Colleges
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Plains States Region for Computer Software and Media Applications for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
Other Computer Software & Media Applications is the 416th most popular major in the country with 1,438 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 17 other computer software and media applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 other computer software and media applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other computer software and media applications programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other computer software and media applications program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 Plains States Region for Computer Software and Media Applications for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree vets studying computer software and media applications.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dakota State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Computer Software and Media Applications for a Bachelor’s. Dakota State is a small school located in Madison, South Dakota that handed out 11 bachelors’s computer software and media applications degrees in 2020-2021.
Dakota State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Computer Software & Media Applications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, Dakota State supports 3,186 students, and 201 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 115 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,074. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Dakota State offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Dakota State University]](/colleges/dakota-state-university/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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