2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering Tech for a Doctorate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$29,200
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Great Lakes Region for Engineering Tech for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 85,188 people earned their degree in engineering technologies, making the major the 20th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $52,350 and had an average of $21,560 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 14,715 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,609 and $22,191 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering Tech for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in engineering technologies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering technologies programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering technologies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering Tech for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering Tech for a Doctorate”.
Top 3 Best Engineering Technologies Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering Tech for a Doctorate list. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school awarded 30 degrees to qualified doctorate’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
Purdue also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 46,655 students enrolled at Purdue University - Main Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,765. 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.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Purdue]](/colleges/purdue-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering Tech for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Ypsilanti, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering tech degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Eastern Michigan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 16,294 students enrolled at Eastern Michigan University, 486 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 265 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,462. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eastern Michigan University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Eastern Michigan Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering Tech for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree vets studying engineering tech list, Michigan State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Engineering Technologies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 49,695 students enrolled at Michigan State University, 2 are 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 $14,686. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Michigan State]](/colleges/michigan-state-university/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.
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