2023 Best Electronics Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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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 Great Lakes Region for Electronics Repair for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Electronics Maintenance & Repair is the 198th most popular major in the country with 7,770 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, electronics maintenance and repair graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,015 and had an average of $11,571 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 836 electronics maintenance and repair graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,016 and $13,968 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 101 electronics maintenance and repair graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Electronics Repair for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in electronics maintenance and repair. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great electronics maintenance and repair programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the electronics maintenance and repair program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Electronics Repair for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Electronics Repair for an Associate”.
Top 3 Best Electronics Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Electronics Repair for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Ferris State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Big Rapids, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified associates’s electronics repair students in 2020-2021.
Ferris also took the #1 spot in our “Best Electronics Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 11,165 students enrolled at Ferris, 377 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 189 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,426. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Ferris]](/colleges/ferris-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Electronics Repair for an Associate list. Located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, this small public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s electronics repair students in 2020-2021.
Western Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Electronics Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 4,240 students enrolled at Western Technical College, 226 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 105 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,080. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Western Technical College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Western Technical College]](/colleges/western-technical-college-la-cross/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lincoln Land Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Electronics Repair for an Associate list. LLCC is a small public school situated in Springfield, Illinois. It awarded 3 associates’s electronics repair degrees in 2020-2021.
LLCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Electronics Maintenance & Repair Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 4,977 students enrolled at Lincoln Land Community College, 228 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 73 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,396. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Lincoln Land Community College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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