2023 Best Agricultural Teacher Education Colleges for Veterans in North Carolina

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 North Carolina for Agricultural Teacher Education” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Agricultural Teacher Education is the 400th most popular major in the country with 1,130 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across North Carolina, there were 86 agricultural teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Agricultural Teacher Education” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in agricultural teacher education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality agricultural teacher education programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the agricultural teacher education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Agricultural Teacher Education

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina vets studying agricultural teacher education.

Top 2 Best Agricultural Teacher Education Colleges for Veterans in North Carolina

1

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

1,102 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$5,886 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Agricultural Teacher Education. NC State is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 17 ’s agricultural teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

NC State also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,886. In addition to receiving other benefits, 27 students received funds 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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2

North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro, North Carolina

789 GI Bill® Students**

$4,612 Average GI Bill® Award

$41,157 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina A & T State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Agricultural Teacher Education. NC A&T is a fairly large school located in Greensboro, North Carolina that handed out 60 ’s agricultural teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.

NC A&T not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Of the 12,753 students enrolled at North Carolina A & T State University, 789 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 245 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,612. On top of their other funding sources, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. North Carolina A & T State University offers credit for military training for eligible students.

Read More…

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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.

Credits

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