2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Manufacturing Tech

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 Manufacturing Tech” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Far Western US region, there were 538 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Manufacturing Tech” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in manufacturing engineering technology. 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the manufacturing engineering technology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Manufacturing Tech

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Manufacturing Tech”.

Top 2 Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

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Portland Community College
Portland, Oregon

1,126 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$2,236 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Manufacturing Tech. This large school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 21 ’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our far western us region vets studying manufacturing tech list, Portland Community College has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 22,904 students enrolled at Portland Community College, 1,126 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 701 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,236. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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Oregon Institute of Technology
Klamath Falls, Oregon

104 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$8,491 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Manufacturing Tech. OIT is a small school located in Klamath Falls, Oregon that handed out 13 ’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.

OIT also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, OIT supports 5,323 students, and 104 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 57 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,491. During this same period, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%.

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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

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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