2023 Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for ME Tech for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
82
Degrees Awarded
$26,900
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for ME Tech for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology is the 201st most popular major in the country with 3,682 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across North Carolina, there were 393 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 82 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,368 and $25,940 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for ME Tech for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina bachelor’s degree vets studying me tech.
Top 1 Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in North Carolina
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for ME Tech for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #1 spot on the list. UNC Charlotte is a large school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 82 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNC Charlotte, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking.Among the 30,146 students enrolled at UNC Charlotte, 1,476 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 642 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,691. On top of their other funding sources, 13 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UNC Charlotte offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UNC Charlotte]](/colleges/university-of-north-carolina-at-charlotte/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.