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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 the Southwest Region for Engineering-Related Tech for an Associate” ranking.
Engineering-Related Technologies is the 270th most popular major in the country with 989 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering-related technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,339 and had an average of $21,670 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 137 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 71 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Engineering-Related Tech for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering-related technologies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering-related technologies 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 engineering-related technologies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 Southwest Region for Engineering-Related Tech for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. 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 in the Southwest Region for Engineering-Related Tech for an Associate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tyler Junior College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Engineering-Related Tech for an Associate list. Tyler Junior College is located in Tyler, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 associates’s engineering-related tech degrees to qualified students.
Tyler Junior College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Tyler Junior College supports 11,749 students, and 416 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 173 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,366. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full Tyler Junior College Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lone Star College System. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Engineering-Related Tech for an Associate list. This large school is located in The Woodlands, Texas, and it awarded 7 associates’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree vets studying engineering-related tech list, North Harris Montgomery has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, North Harris Montgomery supports 70,109 students, and 1,932 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,202 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,042. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. North Harris Montgomery does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Full North Harris Montgomery Veteran Student Life Report
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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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