2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Teaching Students with Disabilities for an Associate
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 the Far Western US Region for Teaching Students with Disabilities for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 24,497 people earned their degree in general special education, making the major the 36th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 2,335 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 22 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general special education 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 general special education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Teaching Students with Disabilities for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Teaching Students with Disabilities for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best General Special Education Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Teaching Students with Disabilities for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Southern Nevada landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Las Vegas, Nevada, and it awarded 15 associates’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at CSN, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Special Education Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, CSN 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. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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