2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Great Lakes Region for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 4,812 people earned their degree in manufacturing engineering technology, making the major the 271st most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,200 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s”.
Top 3 Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s. SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees to qualified students.
SIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 11,366 students enrolled at Southern Illinois University Carbondale were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s list. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s manufacturing tech students in 2020-2021.
WMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.According to our most recent data, Western Michigan University supports 19,887 students, and 584 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 327 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,981. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the #3 spot on the list. Western Illinois University is located in Macomb, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees to qualified students.
WIU also made our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3.According to our most recent data, Western Illinois University supports 7,490 students, and 330 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 62 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,652. 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.
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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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