2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Engineering Technology for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
59
Degrees Awarded
$19,200
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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Engineering Technology for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Engineering Technology is the 203rd most popular major in the country with 4,500 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Kentucky, there were 89 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 59 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,941 and $26,734 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering technology programs as well as strong veteran support.
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 Kentucky for Engineering Technology for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for kentucky bachelor’s degree vets studying engineering technology.
Top 1 Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Kentucky
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Kentucky for Engineering Technology for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Morehead State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Morehead, Kentucky, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Morehead State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list.Among the 9,304 students enrolled at Morehead State University, 191 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 60 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,170. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Morehead State University does offer 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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