2023 Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Manufacturing Tech for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

Manufacturing Engineering Technology is the 271st most popular major in the country with 4,812 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 386 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Manufacturing Tech for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in manufacturing engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great manufacturing engineering technology programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the manufacturing engineering technology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Manufacturing Tech for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Manufacturing Tech for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree vets studying manufacturing tech.

Top 3 Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

1

University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa

251 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Manufacturing Tech for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, this medium-sized public school awarded 24 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s manufacturing tech students in 2020-2021.

UNI also made our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 9,507 students enrolled at University of Northern Iowa, 251 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 99 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,033. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Northern Iowa does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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%.

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2

Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, Kansas

204 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$5,125 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pittsburg State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Manufacturing Tech for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Pittsburg, Kansas, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Pitt State also made our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, Pitt State supports 6,398 students, and 204 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 123 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,125. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Pitt State offers credit for military training for eligible students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Pittsburg State University]](/colleges/pittsburg-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

3

Minnesota State University - Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota

331 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Manufacturing Tech for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #3 spot on the list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 14 bachelors’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Minnesota State Mankato also made our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3.Of the 14,761 students enrolled at Minnesota State University - Mankato, 331 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 147 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,814. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Minnesota State University - Mankato 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Minnesota State University - Mankato]](/colleges/minnesota-state-university-mankato/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Bachelor’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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