2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Pre-Engineering for an Associate
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Southeast Region for Pre-Engineering for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,437 people earned their degree in pre-engineering, making the major the 284th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 581 pre-engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 552 pre-engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
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.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the pre-engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Pre-Engineering for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Pre-Engineering for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Pre-Engineering for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Pre-Engineering Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Pre-Engineering for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Technical Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s pre-engineering degrees to 133 students in 2020-2021.
Wake Technical Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Pre-Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Among the 21,760 students enrolled at Wake Technical Community College, 1,066 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 564 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,224. On top of their other funding sources, 6 students received funds through 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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