2023 Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$28,400
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering Technology for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Far Western US region, there were 550 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 58 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering Technology for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering technology 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 engineering technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering Technology for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering Technology for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering Technology for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering Technology for a Bachelor’s list. EWU is a fairly large school located in Cheney, Washington that handed out 51 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
EWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.According to our most recent data, EWU supports 12,349 students, and 647 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 296 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,760. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 Eastern Washington University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering Technology for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellingham Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute is located in Bellingham, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Of the 1,848 students enrolled at Bellingham Technical College, 34 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Bellingham Technical College]](/colleges/bellingham-technical-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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