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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 Illinois for Computer Software and Media Applications for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,438 people earned their degree in other computer software and media applications, making the major the 416th most popular in the United States.
Across Illinois, there were 3 other computer software and media applications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other computer software and media applications program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Computer Software and Media Applications for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree vets studying computer software and media applications.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dominican University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Computer Software and Media Applications for a Master’s. Dominican U is a small private not-for-profit school situated in River Forest, Illinois. It awarded 2 masters’s computer software and media applications degrees in 2020-2021.
Dominican U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Computer Software & Media Applications Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list.Among the 3,189 students enrolled at Dominican U, 37 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 17 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,038. To help with additional expenses, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. 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.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Dominican University]](/colleges/dominican-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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