2023 Best Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
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Ranked Colleges
39
Degrees Awarded
$58,616
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Military Technologies & Applied Sciences for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences is the 38th most popular major in the country with 4,477 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, military technologies and applied sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $61,323 and had an average of $20,911 in loans still to pay off.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 128 military technologies and applied sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,028 and $27,000 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality military technologies and applied sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the military technologies and applied sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Military Technologies & Applied Sciences for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Military Technologies & Applied Sciences for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Military Technologies & Applied Sciences for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercyhurst University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Military Technologies & Applied Sciences for a Master’s list. Mercyhurst University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Erie, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 25 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Mercyhurst not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list.Among the 2,790 students enrolled at Mercyhurst, 104 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 69 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,325. During this same period, 14 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Mercyhurst University]](/colleges/mercyhurst-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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