2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Ag Mech for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Avg Salary
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Ag Mech for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
Agricultural Mechanization is the 252nd most popular major in the country with 1,280 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, ag mechanization graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,820 and had an average of $17,584 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 62 ag mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,983 and $24,567 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 ag mechanization graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality ag mechanization programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the ag mechanization program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The ag mech 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 the Southeast Region for Ag Mech for a Bachelor’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Ag Mech for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Ag Mech for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Ag Mech for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s ag mech degrees in 2020-2021.
NC State also made our “Best Agricultural Mechanization Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 36,042 students enrolled at NC State, 1,102 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 493 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,886. In addition to receiving other benefits, 27 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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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