2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Social Sciences 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. 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 Colorado for Social Sciences for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 205,984 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, social sciences is the 5th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,262 and had an average of $23,306 in loans still to pay off.
Across Colorado, there were 3,590 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,565 and $23,909 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,095 and $24,621 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social sciences 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 social sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The social 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 Colorado for Social Sciences for an Associate”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Social Sciences for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Social Sciences for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Social Sciences Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Colorado
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Colorado for Social Sciences for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Front Range Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Front Range Community College is a public institution located in Westminster, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
FRCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Social Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Colorado” list.Among the 18,703 students enrolled at FRCC, 64 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 62 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,170. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. FRCC does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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