2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
60
Degrees Awarded
$23,928
Avg Salary
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 55,820 people earned their degree in family, consumer and human sciences, making the major the 22nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, family, consumer and human sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,354 and had an average of $23,570 in loans still to pay off.
Across Iowa, there were 584 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,886 and $21,154 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 60 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,340 and $19,937 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent family, consumer and human sciences programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 family, consumer and human sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The family, consumer & human sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences for an Associate”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Iowa
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Des Moines Area Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ankeny, Iowa, and it awarded 15 associates’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
DMACC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking.Among the 23,051 students enrolled at DMACC, 500 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 221 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,709. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through 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 DMACC]](/colleges/des-moines-area-community-college/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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