2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for IT for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$35,578
Avg Salary
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for IT for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Information Technology is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 40,555 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,525 and had an average of $26,794 in loans still to pay off.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 1,874 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,774 and $26,513 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 323 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,360 and $19,957 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for IT for an Associate” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information technology programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the information technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for IT for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for IT for an Associate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for IT for an Associate list. Pennsylvania College of Technology is located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 associates’s IT degrees to qualified students.
Penn College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.Among the 4,565 students enrolled at Penn College, 289 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 206 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,863. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Penn College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Pennsylvania College of Technology Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harrisburg Area Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for IT for an Associate. This fairly large school is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 52 associates’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at HACC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.According to our most recent data, HACC supports 15,376 students, and 624 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 367 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,537. 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 HACC Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for IT for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Allegheny County landed the #3 spot on the list. Community College of Allegheny County is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 47 associates’s IT degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at CCAC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.Among the 13,217 students enrolled at CCAC, 357 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 228 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,255. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. CCAC does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at CCAC]](/colleges/community-college-of-allegheny-county/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Community College of Philadelphia. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for IT for an Associate. Community College of Philadelphia is a fairly large public school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 23 associates’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Community College of Philadelphia, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 291 of the 13,672 students enrolled at Community College of Philadelphia were GI Bill® students, of which 136 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,118. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for 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 Community College of Philadelphia]](/colleges/community-college-of-philadelphia/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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