2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Industrial Safety Tech for an Associate
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 the Southwest Region for Industrial Safety Tech for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 274 people earned their degree in industrial safety technology/technician, making the major the 768th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 92 industrial safety technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 industrial safety technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality industrial safety technology/technician programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the industrial safety technology/technician program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The industrial safety tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Industrial Safety Tech for an Associate”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Industrial Safety Tech for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree vets studying industrial safety tech.
Top 1 Best Industrial Safety Technology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Juan College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Industrial Safety Tech for an Associate. Located in Farmington, New Mexico, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s industrial safety tech students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SJC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Industrial Safety Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Among the 5,240 students enrolled at SJC, 197 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 119 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,226. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. SJC does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at San Juan College]](/colleges/san-juan-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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