2023 Best Apparel & Textile Manufacture Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
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Ranked Colleges
67
Degrees Awarded
$31,700
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Apparel and Textile Manufacture for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Apparel & Textile Manufacture is the 777th most popular major in the country with 289 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 67 apparel and textile manufacture graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Apparel and Textile Manufacture for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in apparel and textile manufacture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality apparel and textile manufacture programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the apparel and textile manufacture program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 for Apparel and Textile Manufacture for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Apparel and Textile Manufacture for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree vets studying apparel and textile manufacture.
Top 2 Best Apparel & Textile Manufacture Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Apparel and Textile Manufacture for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Minneapolis Community and Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Minneapolis Community and Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Apparel & Textile Manufacture Associate Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 127 of the 6,429 students enrolled at Minneapolis Community and Technical College were GI Bill® students, of which 96 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,795. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Apparel and Textile Manufacture for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Fashion Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 26 diplomas to qualified associates’s apparel and textile manufacture students in 2020-2021.
FIT SUNY did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Apparel & Textile Manufacture Associate Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 83 of the 8,191 students enrolled at Fashion Institute of Technology were GI Bill® students, of which 45 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,456. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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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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