2023 Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 the Southwest Region for Manufacturing Tech for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Manufacturing Engineering Technology is the 271st most popular major in the country with 4,812 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 330 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 100 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent manufacturing engineering technology 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 manufacturing engineering technology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
More Ways to Rank Manufacturing Engineering Technology Schools
The manufacturing tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Manufacturing Tech for an Associate”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. 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.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Manufacturing Tech for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Manufacturing Tech for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Manufacturing Tech for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Houston Community College is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 associates’s manufacturing tech degrees to qualified students.
Houston Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,421 of the 48,329 students enrolled at Houston Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 783 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,632. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Houston Community College]](/colleges/houston-community-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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