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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 Plains States Region for Community Organization for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Community Organization & Advocacy is the 227th most popular major in the country with 3,096 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 179 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 30 community organization and advocacy graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great community organization and advocacy programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the community organization and advocacy program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Community Organization for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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 following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Community Organization for an Associate”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Community Organization for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Des Moines Area Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Ankeny, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s community organization degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
DMACC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Community Organization & Advocacy Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, DMACC supports 23,051 students, and 500 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 221 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,709. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. DMACC does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[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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