2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Educational/Instructional Technology for a Bachelor’s

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Educational/Instructional Technology for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 8,695 people earned their degree in educational/instructional technology, making the major the 109th most popular in the United States.

Across Michigan, there were 230 educational/instructional technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 educational/instructional technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,004 and $27,379 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Educational/Instructional Technology for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in educational/instructional technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great educational/instructional technology 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 educational/instructional technology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The educational/instructional technology 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 Michigan for Educational/Instructional Technology for a Bachelor’s”.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Educational/Instructional Technology for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Educational/Instructional Technology for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Educational/Instructional Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Michigan

1

Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan

470 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Educational/Instructional Technology for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Wayne State is a large school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 4 bachelors’s educational/instructional technology degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wayne State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Educational/Instructional Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking.Among the 26,241 students enrolled at Wayne State University, 470 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 244 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,101. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full Wayne State Veteran Student Life Report

2

University of Michigan - Dearborn
Dearborn, Michigan

159 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Educational/Instructional Technology for a Bachelor’s. Dearborn, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s educational/instructional technology degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UM Dearborn, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Educational/Instructional Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 159 of the 8,783 students enrolled at University of Michigan - Dearborn were GI Bill® students, of which 111 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,134. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Michigan - Dearborn offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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%.

Full University of Michigan - Dearborn Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Educational/Instructional Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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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

Footnotes

• *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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