2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Education for an Associate
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Arizona for Education for an Associate” ranking.
General Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,719 and had an average of $23,394 in loans still to pay off.
Across Arizona, there were 869 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,582 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 35 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,456 and $20,530 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general education 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 general education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 Arizona for Education for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Education for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Education for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best General Education Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arizona
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Education for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this fairly large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified associates’s education students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our arizona associate degree vets studying education list, Pima County Community College District has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking.Among the 15,544 students enrolled at Pima Community College, 853 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 426 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,036. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full Pima County Community College District Veteran Student Life Report
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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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