2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Military Systems for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
124
Degrees Awarded
$16,500
Avg Student Debt
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Military Systems for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Military Systems & Maintenance Technology is the 314th most popular major in the country with 236 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, military systems and maintenance technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,861 and had an average of $22,563 in loans still to pay off.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 124 military systems and maintenance technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent military systems and maintenance technology programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the military systems and maintenance technology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The military systems school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly for Military Systems for an Associate”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. 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 Military Systems for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree vets studying military systems.
Top 1 Best Military Systems & Maintenance Technology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Military Systems for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Cochise County Community College District landed the #1 spot on the list. Cochise County Community College District is a small school located in Sierra Vista, Arizona that handed out 109 associates’s military systems degrees in 2020-2021.
Cochise College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Military Systems & Maintenance Technology Associate Degree Schools” list.Among the 3,327 students enrolled at Cochise College, 351 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 214 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,216. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Cochise College offers credit for military training for eligible 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Cochise College]](/colleges/cochise-college/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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