2023 Best General Drafting & Design Technology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
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Ranked Colleges
153
Degrees Awarded
$37,300
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in California for General Drafting & Design Tech for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 4,232 people earned their degree in general drafting and design technology, making the major the 335th most popular in the United States.
Across California, there were 563 general drafting and design technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 153 general drafting and design technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,972 and $17,699 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general drafting and design technology programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general drafting and design technology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in California for General Drafting & Design Tech for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for General Drafting & Design Tech for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best General Drafting & Design Technology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for General Drafting & Design Tech for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #1 spot on the list. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized private for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 15 associates’s general drafting and design tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Academy of Art University also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Drafting & Design Technology Associate Degree Schools in California” ranking.Of the 8,928 students enrolled at Academy of Art University, 1,287 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,016 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,275. On top of their other funding sources, 257 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Academy of Art University]](/colleges/academy-of-art-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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