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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Metallurgical Tech for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Metallurgical Technology is the 1072nd most popular major in the country with 87 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 39 metallurgical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 19 metallurgical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality metallurgical technology/technician programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the metallurgical technology/technician program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Metallurgical Tech for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree vets studying metallurgical tech.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kilgore College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Metallurgical Tech for an Associate. Kilgore College is a public institution located in Kilgore, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Kilgore College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Metallurgical Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Among the 5,100 students enrolled at Kilgore College, 140 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 74 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,845. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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