2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Pre-Engineering for an Associate
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Degrees Awarded
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Pre-Engineering for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,437 people earned their degree in pre-engineering, making the major the 284th most popular in the United States.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,938 pre-engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Pre-Engineering for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in pre-engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent pre-engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the pre-engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
More Ways to Rank Pre-Engineering Schools
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 for Pre-Engineering for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Veteran Friendly for Pre-Engineering for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Pre-Engineering for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best Pre-Engineering Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Pre-Engineering for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Orem, Utah, this large public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified associates’s pre-engineering students in 2020-2021.
UVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Pre-Engineering Associate Degree Schools” list.Of the 40,936 students enrolled at UVU, 813 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 379 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,550. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
Full UVU Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Technical Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Pre-Engineering for an Associate list. Wake Technical Community College is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 133 associates’s pre-engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Wake Technical Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Pre-Engineering Associate Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,066 of the 21,760 students enrolled at Wake Technical Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 564 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,224. To help with additional expenses, 6 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full Wake Technical Community College Veteran Student Life Report
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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.
Credits
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