2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Engineering Technology for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 New England Region for Engineering Technology for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 4,500 people earned their degree in engineering technology, making the major the 203rd most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 81 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 68 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Engineering Technology for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering technology programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering technology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Engineering Technology for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Engineering Technology for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wentworth Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Engineering Technology for an Associate list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 19 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our new england region associate degree vets studying engineering technology list, WIT has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, WIT supports 4,389 students, and 136 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 71 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,901. In addition to receiving other benefits, 12 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. WIT offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Wentworth Institute of Technology Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Naugatuck Valley Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Engineering Technology for an Associate. Naugatuck Valley Community College is located in Waterbury, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 associates’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
Naugatuck Valley Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Among the 5,083 students enrolled at Naugatuck Valley Community College, 139 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 88 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,512. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Naugatuck Valley Community College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Naugatuck Valley Community College]](/colleges/naugatuck-valley-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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