2023 Best Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering Technology for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 568 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering Technology for a Master’s” 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 Great Lakes Region for Engineering Technology for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree vets studying engineering technology.

Top 2 Best Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

1

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, Indiana

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering Technology for a Master’s. Purdue University - Main Campus is a public institution located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Purdue also made our “Best Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Purdue University - Main Campus supports 46,655 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,765. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Purdue University - Main Campus]](/colleges/purdue-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)

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Kent State University at Kent
Kent, Ohio

778 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$7,199 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering Technology for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Kent landed the #2 spot on the list. Kent State University at Kent is located in Kent, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 masters’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Kent State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 26,822 students enrolled at Kent State University at Kent, 778 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 374 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,199. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Kent State University at Kent offers credit for military training for eligible students.

Full Kent State University at Kent Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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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