2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Elementary Teaching for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
85
Degrees Awarded
$17,300
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Michigan for Elementary Teaching for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Elementary Education is the 17th most popular major in the country with 43,003 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Michigan, there were 713 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 85 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,608 and $18,344 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent elementary education programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the elementary education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 Michigan for Elementary Teaching for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Elementary Teaching for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan associate degree vets studying elementary teaching.
Top 1 Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Michigan
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Michigan for Elementary Teaching for an Associate list. This fairly large school is located in Big Rapids, Michigan, and it awarded 4 associates’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Ferris also made our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 377 of the 11,165 students enrolled at Ferris State University were GI Bill® students, of which 189 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,426. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Ferris State University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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