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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Telcom Tech for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 421 people earned their degree in telecommunications technology/technician, making the major the 895th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 48 telecommunications technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 telecommunications technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality telecommunications technology/technician programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the telecommunications technology/technician program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 the Plains States Region for Telcom Tech for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree vets studying telcom tech.
Top 1 Best Telecommunications Technology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mitchell Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Telcom Tech for an Associate list. Located in Mitchell, South Dakota, this small public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified associates’s telcom tech students in 2020-2021.
Mitchell Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Telecommunications Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Mitchell Tech supports 1,162 students, and 67 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 24 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,895. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Mitchell Tech 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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