2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Technical Teacher Education for a Bachelor’s
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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 the Southwest Region for Technical Teacher Education for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 462 people earned their degree in technical teacher education, making the major the 610th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 42 technical teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 technical teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Technical Teacher Education for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in technical teacher education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent technical teacher education 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 technical teacher education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Technical Teacher Education for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying technical teacher education.
Top 2 Best Technical Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Technical Teacher Education for a Bachelor’s. OSU is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 16 bachelors’s technical teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
OSU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Technical Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,038 of the 24,535 students enrolled at OSU were GI Bill® students, of which 439 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,226. To help with additional expenses, 39 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Technical Teacher Education for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northern Arizona University is a large public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 20 bachelors’s technical teacher education degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NAU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Technical Teacher Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 29,566 students enrolled at NAU, 1,055 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 622 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,378. In addition to receiving other benefits, 56 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. NAU 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Northern Arizona University]](/colleges/northern-arizona-university/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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