2023 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Idaho
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Design Engineering Tech for an Associate” ranking.
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the 151st most popular major in the country with 8,964 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, drafting and design engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,263 and had an average of $17,275 in loans still to pay off.
Across Idaho, there were 91 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $11,701 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 49 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,761 and $18,399 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality drafting and design engineering technology programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the drafting and design engineering technology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Design Engineering Tech for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Design Engineering Tech for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for idaho associate degree vets studying design engineering tech.
Top 1 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Idaho
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Design Engineering Tech for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Western Idaho landed the #1 spot on the list. CWI is located in Nampa, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 associates’s design engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
CWI also made our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Idaho” list, coming in at #1.Of the 10,200 students enrolled at CWI, 406 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 213 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,155. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. CWI offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at College of Western Idaho]](/colleges/college-of-western-idaho/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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