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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 for Telcom Tech for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 421 people earned their degree in telecommunications technology/technician, making the major the 895th most popular in the United States.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 93 telecommunications technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Telcom Tech for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in telecommunications technology/technician. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent telecommunications technology/technician programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the telecommunications technology/technician program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 for Telcom Tech for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Telcom Tech for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best Telecommunications Technology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York City College of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Telcom Tech for an Associate. Brooklyn, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s telcom tech degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
City Tech also made our “Best Telecommunications Technology Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Of the 15,513 students enrolled at New York City College of Technology, 192 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 124 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,849. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. New York City College of Technology offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mitchell Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Telcom Tech for an Associate list. This small school is located in Mitchell, South Dakota, and it awarded 10 associates’s telcom tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Mitchell Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Telecommunications Technology Associate Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 67 of the 1,162 students enrolled at Mitchell Tech were GI Bill® students, of which 24 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,895. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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