2023 Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for ME Tech for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology is the 201st most popular major in the country with 3,682 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 260 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician 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 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for ME Tech for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for ME Tech for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lee College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for ME Tech for an Associate list. Located in Baytown, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s ME tech students in 2020-2021.
Lee College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.According to our most recent data, Lee College supports 7,487 students, and 169 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 97 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,936. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Lee College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Lee College]](/colleges/lee-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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