2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Manufacturing Tech
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Ranked Colleges
304
Degrees Awarded
$18,200
Avg Cost*

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Illinois for Manufacturing Tech” ranking.
Manufacturing Engineering Technology is the 271st most popular major in the country with 4,812 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Illinois, there were 304 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Manufacturing Tech” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Manufacturing Tech
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Manufacturing Tech”.
Top 2 Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Colleges for Veterans in Illinois
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Manufacturing Tech that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 ’s manufacturing tech degrees to qualified students.
SIUC also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 11,366 students enrolled at SIUC, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Manufacturing Tech. Located in Macomb, Illinois, this medium-sized public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified ’s manufacturing tech students in 2020-2021.
WIU also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Of the 7,490 students enrolled at Western Illinois University, 330 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 62 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,652. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Western Illinois University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Western Illinois University]](/colleges/western-illinois-university/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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