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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,517 people earned their degree in junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching, making the major the 197th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 225 junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 180 junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree vets studying junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, South Texas College landed the #1 spot on the list. McAllen, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
South Texas College also made our “Best Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, South Texas College supports 28,233 students, and 532 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 193 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,731. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through 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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