2023 Best General Engineering Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in New York
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Ranked Colleges
385
Degrees Awarded
$31,600
Avg Cost*
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 New York for Engineering for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Engineering is the 96th most popular major in the country with 9,018 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across New York, there were 591 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 385 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,256 and $16,406 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Engineering for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering 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 general engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Engineering for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Engineering for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Engineering for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best General Engineering Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in New York
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Monroe Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Engineering for an Associate list. Monroe Community College is located in Rochester, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 39 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
Monroe Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in New York” ranking.According to our most recent data, Monroe Community College supports 10,161 students, and 301 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 195 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,794. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Monroe Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New York for Engineering for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Staten Island CUNY landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Staten Island, New York, this fairly large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
CSI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in New York” list.Among the 12,797 students enrolled at College of Staten Island CUNY, 119 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 65 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,068. During this same period, 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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