2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Surgical Technology/Technologist for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
14
Degrees Awarded
$28,400
Avg Cost*
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 Great Lakes Region for Surgical Technology/Technologist for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Surgical Technology is the 169th most popular major in the country with 7,583 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,150 surgical technology/technologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 surgical technology/technologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent surgical technology/technologist 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 surgical technology/technologist program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Surgical Technology/Technologist for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree vets studying surgical technology/technologist.
Top 1 Best Surgical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Surgical Technology/Technologist for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Siena Heights University landed the #1 spot on the list. Siena Heights University is located in Adrian, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s surgical technology/technologist degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Siena Heights University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Surgical Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Siena Heights University supports 2,036 students, and 74 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 38 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,992. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Siena Heights University]](/colleges/siena-heights-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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