2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Design Engineering Tech
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Design Engineering Tech” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 8,964 people earned their degree in drafting and design engineering technology, making the major the 151st most popular in the United States. 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 Maine, there were 33 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,361 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent drafting and design engineering technology 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 drafting and design engineering technology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
More Ways to Rank Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Schools
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 Maine for Design Engineering Tech” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Design Engineering Tech
The colleges and universities below are the best for maine vets studying design engineering tech.
Top 1 Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Colleges for Veterans in Maine
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Design Engineering Tech that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Maine Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in South Portland, Maine. It awarded 16 ’s design engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
SMCC 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 5,789 students enrolled at Southern Maine Community College, 251 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 143 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,882. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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