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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for Computer & Information Sciences for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 254,454 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, computer and information sciences is the 6th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, computer and information sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $52,893 and had an average of $27,324 in loans still to pay off.
Across Nevada, there were 945 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,038 and $35,110 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 140 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,756 and $17,303 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great computer and information sciences programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the computer and information sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 Nevada for Computer & Information Sciences for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for nevada associate degree vets studying computer & information sciences.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Southern Nevada. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Nevada for Computer & Information Sciences for an Associate. College of Southern Nevada is a public institution located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school has a large population, and it awarded 67 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
CSN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Computer & Information Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Nevada” list.According to our most recent data, College of Southern Nevada supports 29,965 students, and 1,398 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 798 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,559. 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.
[Read full report on veteran student life at College of Southern Nevada]](/colleges/college-of-southern-nevada/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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