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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields is the 347th most popular major in the country with 1,768 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 424 other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 50 other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields for an Associate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields for an Associate”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Akron Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields for an Associate. This fairly large school is located in Akron, Ohio, and it awarded 4 associates’s other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Akron Main Campus, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Of the 16,094 students enrolled at University of Akron Main Campus, 2 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,240. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Akron Main Campus offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cuyahoga Community College District. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields for an Associate list. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
Cuyahoga Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 18,754 students enrolled at Cuyahoga Community College District, 101 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 53 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,499. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowling Green State University - Firelands. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields for an Associate list. Huron, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
BGSU-Firelands did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 2,085 students enrolled at Bowling Green State University - Firelands, 36 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 16 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,724. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for 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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